#BBD979#BBD979

#BBD979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.127 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD979
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(79, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(79, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 44.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -25.11, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 50.55, 119.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0698 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.127 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7575, 61.5708, 27.4011)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD979 #9779D9

analogous

#D9C779 #BBD979 #8BD979

triadic

#BBD979 #79BBD9 #D979BB

tetradic

#BBD979 #79D9C7 #9779D9 #D9798B

square

#BBD979 #79D9C7 #9779D9 #D9798B

split-complementary

#BBD979 #798BD9 #C779D9

monochromatic

#82A830 #A3CB49 #BBD979 #D3E7A9 #EBF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBD979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#BBD979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD979

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD979	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)

#E3CF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.127 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4a1',
    500: '#bbd979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd979;
$custom-light: #d1e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84198,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD979

secondary

#694BAB

accent

#22C355

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD979

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

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