#BBD99D#BBD99D

#BBD99D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.086 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD99D
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(90, 44%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(90, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 27.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -20.44, 26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 33.36, 127.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.0552 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.086 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3912, 62.6243, 41.2720)
Luminance	0.6262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD99D #BB9DD9

analogous

#D9D99D #BBD99D #9DD99D

triadic

#BBD99D #9DBBD9 #D99DBB

tetradic

#BBD99D #9DD9D9 #BB9DD9 #D99D9D

square

#BBD99D #9DD9D9 #BB9DD9 #D99D9D

split-complementary

#BBD99D #9D9DD9 #D99DD9

monochromatic

#7EB546 #9CC871 #BBD99D #DAEAC9 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BBD99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#BBD99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD99D

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD99D	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACFA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.086 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4ba',
    500: '#bbd99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd99d;
$custom-light: #d0e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 44.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84829,
    "c": 0.08643,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD99D

secondary

#8D6AB0

accent

#2EB773

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD99D

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

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