#BBD79B#BBD79B

#BBD79B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.086 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD79B
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 155)
HSL	hsl(88, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(88, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 27.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -19.75, 26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 33.15, 126.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0533 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.086 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7095, 61.5318, 40.2093)
Luminance	0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD79B #B79BD7

analogous

#D7D59B #BBD79B #9DD79B

triadic

#BBD79B #9BBBD7 #D79BBB

tetradic

#BBD79B #9BD7D5 #B79BD7 #D79B9D

square

#BBD79B #9BD7D5 #B79BD7 #D79B9D

split-complementary

#BBD79B #9B9DD7 #D59BD7

monochromatic

#7FB147 #9DC66F #BBD79B #D9E8C7 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBD79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#BBD79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD79B

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD79B	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.086 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e3b9',
    500: '#bbd79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd79b;
$custom-light: #d0e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84353,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD79B

secondary

#8968AE

accent

#30B66E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD79B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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