#BBD995#BBD995

#BBD995 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.096 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD995
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(86, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(86, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 31.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -21.59, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 37.22, 125.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0585 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.096 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7305, 62.3600, 37.7920)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD995 #B395D9

analogous

#D9D595 #BBD995 #99D995

triadic

#BBD995 #95BBD9 #D995BB

tetradic

#BBD995 #95D9D5 #B395D9 #D99599

square

#BBD995 #95D9D5 #B395D9 #D99599

split-complementary

#BBD995 #9599D9 #D595D9

monochromatic

#81B340 #9EC968 #BBD995 #D8E9C2 #F1F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BBD995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#BBD995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD995

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD995	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)

#E0D090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.096 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b4',
    500: '#bbd995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd995;
$custom-light: #d0e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.471,
    "s": 47.222,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84671,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD995

secondary

#8562B0

accent

#2BBA6A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD995

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

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