#BBD97B#BBD97B

#BBD97B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.125 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD97B
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 123)
HSL	hsl(79, 55%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(79, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 43.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -24.88, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 49.62, 120.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.069 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.125 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8814, 61.6204, 28.0538)
Luminance	0.6162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD97B #997BD9

analogous

#D9C87B #BBD97B #8CD97B

triadic

#BBD97B #7BBBD9 #D97BBB

tetradic

#BBD97B #7BD9C8 #997BD9 #D97B8C

square

#BBD97B #7BD9C8 #997BD9 #D97B8C

split-complementary

#BBD97B #7B8CD9 #C87BD9

monochromatic

#83A931 #A3CB4B #BBD97B #D3E7AB #ECF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBD97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#BBD97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD97B

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD97B	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)

#E3CF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.125 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4a3',
    500: '#bbd97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd97b;
$custom-light: #d1e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.149,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84227,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD97B

secondary

#6B4CAC

accent

#23C356

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD97B

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

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