#BBD987#BBD987

#BBD987 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.112 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD987
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(82, 52%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(82, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 37.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.88, -23.45, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.88, 43.94, 122.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0642 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.112 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6792, 61.9395, 32.2552)
Luminance	0.6194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD987 #A587D9

analogous

#D9CE87 #BBD987 #92D987

triadic

#BBD987 #87BBD9 #D987BB

tetradic

#BBD987 #87D9CE #A587D9 #D98792

square

#BBD987 #87D9CE #A587D9 #D98792

split-complementary

#BBD987 #8792D9 #CE87D9

monochromatic

#83AE37 #A1CA59 #BBD987 #D5E8B5 #F0F6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#BBD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD987

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD987	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CF81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.112 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4ab',
    500: '#bbd987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd987;
$custom-light: #d0e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.951,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84419,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD987

secondary

#7655AF

accent

#26BF5E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141510

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD987

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

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