#BBE596#BBE596

#BBE596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.113 H 131.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE596
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(92, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(92, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -27.25, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 43.72, 128.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0743 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.113 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0169, 68.8045, 39.2830)
Luminance	0.6881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE596 #C096E5

analogous

#E2E596 #BBE596 #96E599

triadic

#BBE596 #96BBE5 #E596BB

tetradic

#BBE596 #96E2E5 #C096E5 #E59996

square

#BBE596 #96E2E5 #C096E5 #E59996

split-complementary

#BBE596 #9996E5 #E596E2

monochromatic

#7BCD34 #9BD965 #BBE596 #DBF1C7 #EFF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BBE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#BBE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE596

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE596	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.113 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0edb5',
    500: '#bbe596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe596;
$custom-light: #d0edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.899,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87323,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE596

secondary

#9361BF

accent

#1EC878

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE596

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

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