#BBEE99#BBEE99

#BBEE99 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.123 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBEE99
RGB	rgb(187, 238, 153)
HSL	hsl(96, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(96, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 35.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -31.08, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 47.56, 130.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0849 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.123 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8166, 74.0125, 41.4232)
Luminance	0.7401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBEE99 #CC99EE

analogous

#E6EE99 #BBEE99 #99EEA2

triadic

#BBEE99 #99BBEE #EE99BB

tetradic

#BBEE99 #99E6EE #CC99EE #EEA299

square

#BBEE99 #99E6EE #CC99EE #EEA299

split-complementary

#BBEE99 #A299EE #EE99E6

monochromatic

#75DD30 #98E565 #BBEE99 #DEF7CD #EEFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#BBEE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#BBEE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBEE99

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBEE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBEE99	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCE8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbee99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 238, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.123 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f3b8',
    500: '#bbee99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbee99;
$custom-light: #d1f3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbee99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89365,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBEE99

secondary

#A061CA

accent

#12D386

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FBFEF8

border

#D4D6D1

text

#141711

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBEE99

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

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