#BBD99C#BBD99C

#BBD99C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.088 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD99C
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(90, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(90, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 28.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -20.59, 26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 33.85, 127.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0556 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.088 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3062, 62.5903, 40.8242)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD99C #BA9CD9

analogous

#D9D89C #BBD99C #9CD99C

triadic

#BBD99C #9CBBD9 #D99CBB

tetradic

#BBD99C #9CD9D8 #BA9CD9 #D99C9C

square

#BBD99C #9CD9D8 #BA9CD9 #D99C9C

split-complementary

#BBD99C #9C9CD9 #D89CD9

monochromatic

#7EB546 #9DC870 #BBD99C #D9EAC8 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BBD99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#BBD99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD99C

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD99C	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.088 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b9',
    500: '#bbd99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd99c;
$custom-light: #d0e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.508,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84808,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD99C

secondary

#8C69B0

accent

#2EB872

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD99C

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

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