#BBE99D#BBE99D

#BBE99D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.111 H 133.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE99D
RGB	rgb(187, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(96, 63%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(96, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 32.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -28.17, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 42.82, 131.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.0767 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.111 133.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.7170, 71.2758, 42.7139)
Luminance	0.7128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE99D #CB9DE9

analogous

#E1E99D #BBE99D #9DE9A5

triadic

#BBE99D #9DBBE9 #E99DBB

tetradic

#BBE99D #9DE1E9 #CB9DE9 #E9A59D

square

#BBE99D #9DE1E9 #CB9DE9 #E9A59D

split-complementary

#BBE99D #A59DE9 #E99DE1

monochromatic

#76D339 #98DE6B #BBE99D #DEF4CF #EEF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#BBE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#BBE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE99D

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE99D	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCE3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.111 133.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0f0ba',
    500: '#bbe99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe99d;
$custom-light: #d0f0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.316,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88333,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 133.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE99D

secondary

#9F66C4

accent

#1ACB85

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FBFEF8

border

#D4D6D1

text

#141611

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE99D

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

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