#BBDB97#BBDB97

#BBDB97 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.097 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB97
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 151)
HSL	hsl(88, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(88, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 31.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -22.29, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 37.42, 126.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0604 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.097 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4101, 63.4617, 38.8130)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB97 #B797DB

analogous

#DBD997 #BBDB97 #99DB97

triadic

#BBDB97 #97BBDB #DB97BB

tetradic

#BBDB97 #97DBD9 #B797DB #DB9799

square

#BBDB97 #97DBD9 #B797DB #DB9799

split-complementary

#BBDB97 #9799DB #D997DB

monochromatic

#7FB840 #9DCB6A #BBDB97 #D9EBC4 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BBDB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#BBDB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB97

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB97	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.097 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6b6',
    500: '#bbdb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb97;
$custom-light: #d0e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.235,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85146,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB97

secondary

#8964B3

accent

#2ABC6E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB97

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

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