#BBDB9D#BBDB9D

#BBDB9D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.090 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB9D
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 157)
HSL	hsl(91, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(91, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 28.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -21.42, 27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 34.55, 128.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0579 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.09 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9098, 63.6615, 41.4448)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB9D #BD9DDB

analogous

#DADB9D #BBDB9D #9DDB9E

triadic

#BBDB9D #9DBBDB #DB9DBB

tetradic

#BBDB9D #9DDADB #BD9DDB #DB9E9D

square

#BBDB9D #9DDADB #BD9DDB #DB9E9D

split-complementary

#BBDB9D #9E9DDB #DB9DDA

monochromatic

#7DB944 #9CCB70 #BBDB9D #DAEBCA #EFF7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BBDB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#BBDB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB9D

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB9D	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.090 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ba',
    500: '#bbdb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb9d;
$custom-light: #d0e6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.968,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85264,
    "c": 0.08956,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB9D

secondary

#8F6AB3

accent

#2CB975

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB9D

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

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