#BBD991#BBD991

#BBD991 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.100 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD991
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 145)
HSL	hsl(85, 49%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(85, 33%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 33.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -22.14, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 39.15, 124.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0602 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.1 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4166, 62.2344, 36.1389)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD991 #AF91D9

analogous

#D9D391 #BBD991 #97D991

triadic

#BBD991 #91BBD9 #D991BB

tetradic

#BBD991 #91D9D3 #AF91D9 #D99197

square

#BBD991 #91D9D3 #AF91D9 #D99197

split-complementary

#BBD991 #9197D9 #D391D9

monochromatic

#82B23E #9FC964 #BBD991 #D7E9BE #F1F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BBD991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#BBD991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD991

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD991	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCE94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.100 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b2',
    500: '#bbd991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd991;
$custom-light: #d0e4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84596,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD991

secondary

#805EB0

accent

#2ABC67

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD991

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

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