#BBD978#BBD978

#BBD978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.128 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD978
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(79, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(79, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 44.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -25.22, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 51.02, 119.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0701 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.128 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6965, 61.5464, 27.0798)
Luminance	0.6155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD978 #9678D9

analogous

#D9C678 #BBD978 #8AD978

triadic

#BBD978 #78BBD9 #D978BB

tetradic

#BBD978 #78D9C6 #9678D9 #D9788A

square

#BBD978 #78D9C6 #9678D9 #D9788A

split-complementary

#BBD978 #788AD9 #C678D9

monochromatic

#82A72F #A3CC48 #BBD978 #D3E6A8 #EBF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#BBD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD978

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD978	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.128 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4a1',
    500: '#bbd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd978;
$custom-light: #d1e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.557,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84183,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD978

secondary

#684AAB

accent

#22C454

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD978

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

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