#BBD899#BBD899

#BBD899 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.090 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD899
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(88, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(88, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 29.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -20.53, 27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 34.70, 126.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0555 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.09 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7983, 61.9760, 39.4171)
Luminance	0.6198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD899 #B699D8

analogous

#D8D699 #BBD899 #9CD899

triadic

#BBD899 #99BBD8 #D899BB

tetradic

#BBD899 #99D8D6 #B699D8 #D8999C

square

#BBD899 #99D8D6 #B699D8 #D8999C

split-complementary

#BBD899 #999CD8 #D699D8

monochromatic

#80B244 #9DC76D #BBD899 #D9E9C5 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBD899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#BBD899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD899

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD899	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.090 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b7',
    500: '#bbd899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd899;
$custom-light: #d0e4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.619,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84531,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD899

secondary

#8866AF

accent

#2EB86D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD899

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

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