#BBD996#BBD996

#BBD996 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.095 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD996
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(87, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 30.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.12, -21.45, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.12, 36.74, 125.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0581 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.095 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8106, 62.3921, 38.2142)
Luminance	0.6239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD996 #B496D9

analogous

#D9D696 #BBD996 #9AD996

triadic

#BBD996 #96BBD9 #D996BB

tetradic

#BBD996 #96D9D6 #B496D9 #D9969A

square

#BBD996 #96D9D6 #B496D9 #D9969A

split-complementary

#BBD996 #969AD9 #D696D9

monochromatic

#80B441 #9EC969 #BBD996 #D8E9C3 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BBD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#BBD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD996

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD996	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.095 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b5',
    500: '#bbd996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd996;
$custom-light: #d0e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.866,
    "s": 46.853,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8469,
    "c": 0.09462,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD996

secondary

#8663B0

accent

#2BBA6B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD996

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

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