#BBDD99#BBDD99

#BBDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.097 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDD99
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(90, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(90, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.27, -22.98, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.27, 37.64, 127.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0623 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.097 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0988, 64.5770, 39.8506)
Luminance	0.6458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDD99 #BB99DD

analogous

#DDDD99 #BBDD99 #99DD99

triadic

#BBDD99 #99BBDD #DD99BB

tetradic

#BBDD99 #99DDDD #BB99DD #DD9999

square

#BBDD99 #99DDDD #BB99DD #DD9999

split-complementary

#BBDD99 #9999DD #DD99DD

monochromatic

#7EBD3F #9CCE6B #BBDD99 #DAECC7 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BBDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#BBDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDD99

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDD99	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.097 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e7b7',
    500: '#bbdd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdd99;
$custom-light: #d0e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85622,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDD99

secondary

#8D65B5

accent

#28BD73

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDD99

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

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