#BBE38E#BBE38E

#BBE38E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.119 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE38E
RGB	rgb(187, 227, 142)
HSL	hsl(88, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(88, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 37.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.73, -27.37, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.73, 46.29, 126.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0749 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.119 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8444, 67.4552, 35.8220)
Luminance	0.6746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE38E #B68EE3

analogous

#E3E08E #BBE38E #91E38E

triadic

#BBE38E #8EBBE3 #E38EBB

tetradic

#BBE38E #8EE3E0 #B68EE3 #E38E91

square

#BBE38E #8EE3E0 #B68EE3 #E38E91

split-complementary

#BBE38E #8E91E3 #E08EE3

monochromatic

#80C631 #9DD75D #BBE38E #D9EFBF #F0F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBE38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#BBE38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE38E

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE38E	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 227, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.119 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ecb0',
    500: '#bbe38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe38e;
$custom-light: #d0ecb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.235,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86741,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE38E

secondary

#8859BC

accent

#1EC86E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141610

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE38E

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

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