#BBE599#BBE599

#BBE599 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.110 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE599
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 153)
HSL	hsl(93, 59%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(93, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 33.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -26.84, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 42.32, 129.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0731 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.11 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2615, 68.9024, 40.5715)
Luminance	0.6890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE599 #C399E5

analogous

#E1E599 #BBE599 #99E59D

triadic

#BBE599 #99BBE5 #E599BB

tetradic

#BBE599 #99E1E5 #C399E5 #E59D99

square

#BBE599 #99E1E5 #C399E5 #E59D99

split-complementary

#BBE599 #9D99E5 #E599E1

monochromatic

#7ACC37 #9AD968 #BBE599 #DCF1CA #EFF9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BBE599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#BBE599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE599

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE599	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.110 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0edb7',
    500: '#bbe599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe599;
$custom-light: #d0edb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.158,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87378,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE599

secondary

#9663BF

accent

#1EC77C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE599

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

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