#BBD98B#BBD98B

#BBD98B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.107 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD98B
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 139)
HSL	hsl(83, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(83, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 35.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -22.94, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 42.03, 123.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0626 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.107 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9661, 62.0542, 33.7664)
Luminance	0.6206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD98B #A98BD9

analogous

#D9D08B #BBD98B #94D98B

triadic

#BBD98B #8BBBD9 #D98BBB

tetradic

#BBD98B #8BD9D0 #A98BD9 #D98B94

square

#BBD98B #8BD9D0 #A98BD9 #D98B94

split-complementary

#BBD98B #8B94D9 #D08BD9

monochromatic

#82B03A #A0CA5D #BBD98B #D6E8B9 #F1F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBD98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#BBD98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD98B

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD98B	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.107 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4ad',
    500: '#bbd98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd98b;
$custom-light: #d0e4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.077,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84488,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD98B

secondary

#7A59B0

accent

#27BE61

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141510

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD98B

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

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