#BBD89B#BBD89B

#BBD89B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.087 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD89B
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 155)
HSL	hsl(89, 44%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(89, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 28.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -20.24, 26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 33.74, 126.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0546 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.087 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9649, 62.0426, 40.2944)
Luminance	0.6204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD89B #B89BD8

analogous

#D8D79B #BBD89B #9CD89B

triadic

#BBD89B #9BBBD8 #D89BBB

tetradic

#BBD89B #9BD8D7 #B89BD8 #D89B9C

square

#BBD89B #9BD8D7 #B89BD8 #D89B9C

split-complementary

#BBD89B #9B9CD8 #D79BD8

monochromatic

#7FB346 #9DC76F #BBD89B #D9E9C7 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBD89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#BBD89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD89B

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD89B	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.087 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b9',
    500: '#bbd89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd89b;
$custom-light: #d0e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.525,
    "s": 43.885,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84571,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD89B

secondary

#8A68AF

accent

#2EB76F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD89B

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

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