#BBD972#BBD972

#BBD972 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.134 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD972
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(77, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(77, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 47.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -25.86, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 53.79, 118.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0724 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.134 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3437, 61.4053, 25.2219)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD972 #9072D9

analogous

#D9C472 #BBD972 #87D972

triadic

#BBD972 #72BBD9 #D972BB

tetradic

#BBD972 #72D9C4 #9072D9 #D97287

square

#BBD972 #72D9C4 #9072D9 #D97287

split-complementary

#BBD972 #7287D9 #C472D9

monochromatic

#81A42C #A4CC42 #BBD972 #D2E6A2 #E9F3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBD972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#BBD972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD972

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD972	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)

#E3CE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.134 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e49d',
    500: '#bbd972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd972;
$custom-light: #d1e49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.476,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84098,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD972

secondary

#6347A8

accent

#20C550

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD972

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

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