#BBD997#BBD997

#BBD997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.093 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD997
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(87, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -21.31, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 36.25, 126.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.71% -0.0577 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(84.71% 0.093 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8915, 62.4244, 38.6401)
Luminance	0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD997 #B597D9

analogous

#D9D697 #BBD997 #9AD997

triadic

#BBD997 #97BBD9 #D997BB

tetradic

#BBD997 #97D9D6 #B597D9 #D9979A

square

#BBD997 #97D9D6 #B597D9 #D9979A

split-complementary

#BBD997 #979AD9 #D697D9

monochromatic

#80B442 #9EC96A #BBD997 #D8E9C4 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BBD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#BBD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD997

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD997	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.093 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b6',
    500: '#bbd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd997;
$custom-light: #d0e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.273,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84709,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD997

secondary

#8764B0

accent

#2CBA6C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD997

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

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