#BBD97A#BBD97A

#BBD97A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.126 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD97A
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 122)
HSL	hsl(79, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(79, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 43.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -25.00, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 50.09, 119.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0694 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.126 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8192, 61.5955, 27.7258)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD97A #987AD9

analogous

#D9C87A #BBD97A #8CD97A

triadic

#BBD97A #7ABBD9 #D97ABB

tetradic

#BBD97A #7AD9C8 #987AD9 #D97A8C

square

#BBD97A #7AD9C8 #987AD9 #D97A8C

split-complementary

#BBD97A #7A8CD9 #C87AD9

monochromatic

#82A830 #A3CB4A #BBD97A #D3E7AA #ECF4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBD97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#BBD97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD97A

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD97A	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.126 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4a2',
    500: '#bbd97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd97a;
$custom-light: #d1e4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.947,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84212,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD97A

secondary

#6A4CAC

accent

#22C355

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD97A

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

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