#BBD981#BBD981

#BBD981 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.118 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD981
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(80, 54%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(80, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 40.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -24.19, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 46.79, 121.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0666 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.118 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2686, 61.7752, 30.0928)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD981 #9F81D9

analogous

#D9CB81 #BBD981 #8FD981

triadic

#BBD981 #81BBD9 #D981BB

tetradic

#BBD981 #81D9CB #9F81D9 #D9818F

square

#BBD981 #81D9CB #9F81D9 #D9818F

split-complementary

#BBD981 #818FD9 #CB81D9

monochromatic

#83AC34 #A2CB52 #BBD981 #D4E7B0 #EEF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#BBD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD981

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD981	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.118 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4a7',
    500: '#bbd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd981;
$custom-light: #d0e4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84321,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD981

secondary

#704FAF

accent

#24C15A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF6

border

#D4D5D0

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD981

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

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