#BBDE8B#BBDE8B

#BBDE8B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.115 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDE8B
RGB	rgb(187, 222, 139)
HSL	hsl(85, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(85, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -25.36, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 44.86, 124.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0694 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.115 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2744, 64.6709, 34.2025)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDE8B #AE8BDE

analogous

#DED78B #BBDE8B #91DE8B

triadic

#BBDE8B #8BBBDE #DE8BBB

tetradic

#BBDE8B #8BDED7 #AE8BDE #DE8B91

square

#BBDE8B #8BDED7 #AE8BDE #DE8B91

split-complementary

#BBDE8B #8B91DE #D78BDE

monochromatic

#82BA35 #9FD05B #BBDE8B #D7ECBB #F1F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BBDE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#BBDE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDE8B

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDE8B	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbde8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 222, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.115 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e8ae',
    500: '#bbde8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbde8b;
$custom-light: #d0e8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbde8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.301,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85587,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDE8B

secondary

#7F58B6

accent

#22C366

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141610

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDE8B

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

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