#BBDB99#BBDB99

#BBDB99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.094 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB99
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(89, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(89, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -22.00, 29.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 36.47, 127.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0596 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.094 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5739, 63.5272, 39.6757)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB99 #B999DB

analogous

#DBDA99 #BBDB99 #9ADB99

triadic

#BBDB99 #99BBDB #DB99BB

tetradic

#BBDB99 #99DBDA #B999DB #DB999A

square

#BBDB99 #99DBDA #B999DB #DB999A

split-complementary

#BBDB99 #999ADB #DA99DB

monochromatic

#7FB841 #9DCB6C #BBDB99 #D9EBC6 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BBDB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#BBDB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB99

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB99	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.094 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6b7',
    500: '#bbdb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb99;
$custom-light: #d0e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.091,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85185,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB99

secondary

#8B66B3

accent

#2ABB71

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB99

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

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