#BBD97C#BBD97C

#BBD97C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.124 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD97C
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(79, 55%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(79, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 42.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -24.77, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 49.15, 120.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0686 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.124 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9443, 61.6455, 28.3851)
Luminance	0.6165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD97C #9A7CD9

analogous

#D9C97C #BBD97C #8DD97C

triadic

#BBD97C #7CBBD9 #D97CBB

tetradic

#BBD97C #7CD9C9 #9A7CD9 #D97C8D

square

#BBD97C #7CD9C9 #9A7CD9 #D97C8D

split-complementary

#BBD97C #7C8DD9 #C97CD9

monochromatic

#83A931 #A2CB4D #BBD97C #D4E7AB #ECF5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#BBD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD97C

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD97C	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.124 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4a3',
    500: '#bbd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd97c;
$custom-light: #d1e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.355,
    "s": 55.03,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84243,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD97C

secondary

#6C4DAD

accent

#23C356

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF6

border

#D4D5D0

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD97C

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

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