#BBD998#BBD998

#BBD998 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.092 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD998
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 152)
HSL	hsl(88, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(88, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 30%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -21.17, 28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 35.77, 126.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0573 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.092 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9730, 62.4570, 39.0696)
Luminance	0.6246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD998 #B698D9

analogous

#D9D698 #BBD998 #9BD998

triadic

#BBD998 #98BBD9 #D998BB

tetradic

#BBD998 #98D9D6 #B698D9 #D9989B

square

#BBD998 #98D9D6 #B698D9 #D9989B

split-complementary

#BBD998 #989BD9 #D698D9

monochromatic

#80B442 #9DC96B #BBD998 #D9E9C5 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BBD998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#BBD998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD998

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD998	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)

#E0D094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.092 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b6',
    500: '#bbd998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd998;
$custom-light: #d0e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.692,
    "s": 46.099,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84729,
    "c": 0.09229,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD998

secondary

#8865B0

accent

#2CB96D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD998

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

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