#BBD897#BBD897

#BBD897 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.092 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD897
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 151)
HSL	hsl(87, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 30.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -20.82, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 35.67, 125.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0563 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.092 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6345, 61.9105, 38.5545)
Luminance	0.6191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD897 #B497D8

analogous

#D8D597 #BBD897 #9BD897

triadic

#BBD897 #97BBD8 #D897BB

tetradic

#BBD897 #97D8D5 #B497D8 #D8979B

square

#BBD897 #97D8D5 #B497D8 #D8979B

split-complementary

#BBD897 #979BD8 #D597D8

monochromatic

#80B243 #9EC76A #BBD897 #D8E9C4 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBD897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#BBD897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD897

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD897	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.092 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b6',
    500: '#bbd897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd897;
$custom-light: #d0e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.769,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84491,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD897

secondary

#8664AF

accent

#2DB96B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD897

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

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