#BBDD97#BBDD97

#BBDD97 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.100 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDD97
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 151)
HSL	hsl(89, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(89, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -23.26, 30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 38.59, 127.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0631 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.1 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9350, 64.5115, 38.9880)
Luminance	0.6451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDD97 #B997DD

analogous

#DDDC97 #BBDD97 #98DD97

triadic

#BBDD97 #97BBDD #DD97BB

tetradic

#BBDD97 #97DDDC #B997DD #DD9798

square

#BBDD97 #97DDDC #B997DD #DD9798

split-complementary

#BBDD97 #9798DD #DC97DD

monochromatic

#7FBC3D #9DCE69 #BBDD97 #D9ECC5 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BBDD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#BBDD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDD97

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDD97	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.100 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e7b6',
    500: '#bbdd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdd97;
$custom-light: #d0e7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.143,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85584,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDD97

secondary

#8B63B5

accent

#27BE71

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDD97

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

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