#BBD994#BBD994

#BBD994 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.097 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD994
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 148)
HSL	hsl(86, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(86, 32%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 31.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -21.73, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 37.70, 125.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0589 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.097 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6510, 62.3282, 37.3733)
Luminance	0.6233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD994 #B294D9

analogous

#D9D594 #BBD994 #99D994

triadic

#BBD994 #94BBD9 #D994BB

tetradic

#BBD994 #94D9D5 #B294D9 #D99499

square

#BBD994 #94D9D5 #B294D9 #D99499

split-complementary

#BBD994 #9499D9 #D594D9

monochromatic

#81B340 #9EC967 #BBD994 #D8E9C1 #F1F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BBD994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#BBD994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD994

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD994	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D08F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCE97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.097 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b4',
    500: '#bbd994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd994;
$custom-light: #d0e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.087,
    "s": 47.586,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84652,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD994

secondary

#8361B0

accent

#2BBB69

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD994

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

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