#BBD971#BBD971
#BBD971 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.135 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBD971 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 217, 113) |
| HSL | hsl(77, 58%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(77, 48%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 47.9%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.58, -25.97, 47.63) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.58, 54.25, 118.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.08% -0.0728 0.1139) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.08% 0.135 122.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.2871, 61.3827, 24.9237) |
| Luminance | 0.6138 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pale Olive Green
#B1D27B
ΔE00 3.40
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 4.85
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 5.02
Pale Olive
#B9CC81
ΔE00 5.22
Light Moss Green
#A6C875
ΔE00 5.59
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 6.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBD971 #8F71D9
analogous
#D9C371 #BBD971 #87D971
triadic
#BBD971 #71BBD9 #D971BB
tetradic
#BBD971 #71D9C3 #8F71D9 #D97187
square
#BBD971 #71D9C3 #8F71D9 #D97187
split-complementary
#BBD971 #7187D9 #C371D9
monochromatic
#81A42C #A4CC41 #BBD971 #D2E6A1 #E9F3D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#BBD971 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.28
#BBD971 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBD971
13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBD971 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBD971 | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.28 | 13.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CE68
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CD77
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C2D0C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbd971; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 113); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.135 122.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1e49c',
500: '#bbd971',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbd971; $custom-light: #d1e49c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbd971",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 217,
"b": 113
},
"hsl": {
"h": 77.308,
"s": 57.778,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84084,
"c": 0.13515,
"h": 122.6
},
"luminance": 0.61383
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBD971
secondary
#6347A7
accent
#20C550
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFCF5
border
#D4D5CF
text
#14150E
muted
#83847F