#BBE97B#BBE97B

#BBE97B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.147 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE97B
RGB	rgb(187, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(85, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(85, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 47.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -32.45, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 58.27, 123.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0902 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.147 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2072, 70.2719, 29.4957)
Luminance	0.7027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE97B #A97BE9

analogous

#E9E07B #BBE97B #84E97B

triadic

#BBE97B #7BBBE9 #E97BBB

tetradic

#BBE97B #7BE9E0 #A97BE9 #E97B84

square

#BBE97B #7BE9E0 #A97BE9 #E97B84

split-complementary

#BBE97B #7B84E9 #E07BE9

monochromatic

#82C821 #A0E047 #BBE97B #D6F2AF #F1FAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#BBE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#BBE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE97B

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE97B	1.00	1.39	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.147 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f0a3',
    500: '#bbe97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe97b;
$custom-light: #d1f0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.091,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8778,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE97B

secondary

#7A47C2

accent

#12D363

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF6

border

#D4D6D0

text

#14160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE97B

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

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