#BBDE9B#BBDE9B

#BBDE9B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.097 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDE9B
RGB	rgb(187, 222, 155)
HSL	hsl(91, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(91, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 30.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -23.18, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 37.28, 128.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0628 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.097 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5302, 65.1732, 40.8162)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDE9B #BE9BDE

analogous

#DDDE9B #BBDE9B #9BDE9D

triadic

#BBDE9B #9BBBDE #DE9BBB

tetradic

#BBDE9B #9BDDDE #BE9BDE #DE9D9B

square

#BBDE9B #9BDDDE #BE9BDE #DE9D9B

split-complementary

#BBDE9B #9D9BDE #DE9BDD

monochromatic

#7CBF3F #9CCF6D #BBDE9B #DAEDC9 #EFF7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BBDE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#BBDE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDE9B

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDE9B	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbde9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 222, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.097 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e8b9',
    500: '#bbde9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbde9b;
$custom-light: #d0e8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbde9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.343,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8588,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDE9B

secondary

#9067B6

accent

#28BE76

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDE9B

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

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