#BBDB9B#BBDB9B

#BBDB9B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.092 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB9B
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 155)
HSL	hsl(90, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(90, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 29.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -21.72, 28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 35.51, 127.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.0588 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.092 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7405, 63.5938, 40.5529)
Luminance	0.6359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB9B #BB9BDB

analogous

#DBDB9B #BBDB9B #9BDB9B

triadic

#BBDB9B #9BBBDB #DB9BBB

tetradic

#BBDB9B #9BDBDB #BB9BDB #DB9B9B

square

#BBDB9B #9BDBDB #BB9BDB #DB9B9B

split-complementary

#BBDB9B #9B9BDB #DB9BDB

monochromatic

#7EB943 #9CCB6E #BBDB9B #DAEBC8 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BBDB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#BBDB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB9B

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB9B	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.092 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6b9',
    500: '#bbdb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb9b;
$custom-light: #d0e6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85224,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB9B

secondary

#8D68B3

accent

#2BBA73

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB9B

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

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