#BBE97C#BBE97C
#BBE97C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.146 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBE97C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 233, 124) |
| HSL | hsl(85, 71%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(85, 47%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 46.8%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.14, -32.34, 47.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.14, 57.83, 124.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.79% -0.0898 0.1153) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.79% 0.146 127.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.2701, 70.2971, 29.8271) |
| Luminance | 0.7030 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 3.80
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 4.54
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 4.58
Light Yellowish Green
#C2FF89
ΔE00 4.72
Celery
#C1FD95
ΔE00 4.80
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBE97C #AA7CE9
analogous
#E9E07C #BBE97C #85E97C
triadic
#BBE97C #7CBBE9 #E97CBB
tetradic
#BBE97C #7CE9E0 #AA7CE9 #E97C85
square
#BBE97C #7CE9E0 #AA7CE9 #E97C85
split-complementary
#BBE97C #7C85E9 #E07CE9
monochromatic
#82C922 #A0E048 #BBE97C #D6F2B0 #F1FBE5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.39
#BBE97C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.06
#BBE97C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBE97C
15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBE97C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBE97C | 1.00 | 1.39 | 15.06 | 15.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2DC73
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD982
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0E1CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbe97c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 124); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.146 127.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1f0a4',
500: '#bbe97c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbe97c; $custom-light: #d1f0a4; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbe97c",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 233,
"b": 124
},
"hsl": {
"h": 85.321,
"s": 71.242,
"l": 70
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87794,
"c": 0.14616,
"h": 127.9
},
"luminance": 0.70298
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBE97C
secondary
#7B48C2
accent
#12D364
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FBFEF6
border
#D4D6D0
text
#14160F
muted
#838580