#BBD79D#BBD79D

#BBD79D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.083 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD79D
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 157)
HSL	hsl(89, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(89, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 27%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -19.45, 25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 32.18, 127.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0524 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.083 129)
XYZ	xyz(50.8788, 61.5995, 41.1012)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD79D #B99DD7

analogous

#D7D69D #BBD79D #9ED79D

triadic

#BBD79D #9DBBD7 #D79DBB

tetradic

#BBD79D #9DD7D6 #B99DD7 #D79D9E

square

#BBD79D #9DD7D6 #B99DD7 #D79D9E

split-complementary

#BBD79D #9D9ED7 #D69DD7

monochromatic

#7FB148 #9DC572 #BBD79D #D9E9C8 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBD79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#BBD79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD79D

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD79D	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.083 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e3ba',
    500: '#bbd79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd79d;
$custom-light: #d0e3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.966,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84394,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD79D

secondary

#8B6AAE

accent

#30B570

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD79D

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

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