#BBE59D#BBE59D

#BBE59D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.105 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE59D
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 157)
HSL	hsl(95, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(95, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 31.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -26.27, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 40.47, 130.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0714 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.105 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5975, 69.0368, 42.3407)
Luminance	0.6904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE59D #C79DE5

analogous

#DFE59D #BBE59D #9DE5A3

triadic

#BBE59D #9DBBE5 #E59DBB

tetradic

#BBE59D #9DDFE5 #C79DE5 #E5A39D

square

#BBE59D #9DDFE5 #C79DE5 #E5A39D

split-complementary

#BBE59D #A39DE5 #E59DDF

monochromatic

#78CB3C #99D86D #BBE59D #DDF2CD #EEF9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BBE59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#BBE59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE59D

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE59D	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.105 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0edba',
    500: '#bbe59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe59d;
$custom-light: #d0edba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87453,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE59D

secondary

#9A67BF

accent

#20C681

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE59D

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

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