#BBE18D#BBE18D

#BBE18D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.117 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE18D
RGB	rgb(187, 225, 141)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 37%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 37.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -26.54, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 45.62, 125.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0726 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.117 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2258, 66.3377, 35.2471)
Luminance	0.6634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE18D #B38DE1

analogous

#E1DD8D #BBE18D #91E18D

triadic

#BBE18D #8DBBE1 #E18DBB

tetradic

#BBE18D #8DE1DD #B38DE1 #E18D91

square

#BBE18D #8DE1DD #B38DE1 #E18D91

split-complementary

#BBE18D #8D91E1 #DD8DE1

monochromatic

#81C133 #9ED45D #BBE18D #D8EEBD #F1F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BBE18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#BBE18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE18D

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE18D	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 225, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.117 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0eaaf',
    500: '#bbe18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe18d;
$custom-light: #d0eaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86283,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE18D

secondary

#8559B9

accent

#20C66B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141610

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE18D

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

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