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#BBD765 Color

#BBD765 is rgb(187, 215, 101) in RGB, hsl(75, 59%, 62%) in HSL, and about cmyk(13%, 0%, 53%, 16%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is June Bud (#BDDA57), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.26. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#BBD765
HEX#BBD765
RGBrgb(187, 215, 101)
HSLhsl(75, 59%, 62%)
HSVhsv(75, 53%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(13%, 0%, 53%, 16%)
OKLCHoklch(83.5% 0.144 121.1)
LABlab(82.14% -22.13 52.06)
LCHlch(82.14% 56.57 113.03)

What #BBD765 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #BBD765, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#BBD765 Channel Values

How #BBD765 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 187 · G 215 · B 1018-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 75° · S 59% · L 62%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 75° · S 53% · V 84%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 13% · M 0% · Y 53% · K 16%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.61:1 vs white · 13.02:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #BBD765 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.61:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text13.02:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #BBD765

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #BBD765; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #BBD765

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #BBD765.

How #BBD765 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#BBD765
Protanopia#D3D365
Protanomaly#CAD465
Deuteranopia#CECE67
Deuteranomaly#C7D266
Tritanopia#C6CDCD
Tritanomaly#C2D1AD
Achromatopsia#CCCCCC

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #BBD765 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-bbd765: #BBD765;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #BBD765;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-bbd765': '#BBD765' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.733, green: 0.843, blue: 0.396)
Android XML<color name="color_bbd765">#BBD765</color>
SVG fillfill="#BBD765"

More Green Colors

#BBD765 sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#BBD765 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #BBD765?

#BBD765 is a light green — rgb(187, 215, 101) in RGB and hsl(75, 59%, 62%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is June Bud (#BDDA57), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.26.

What is the RGB value of #BBD765?

#BBD765 is rgb(187, 215, 101) — red 187, green 215, and blue 101 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #BBD765?

#BBD765 converts to approximately cmyk(13%, 0%, 53%, 16%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #BBD765 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #BBD765 scores 1.61:1 against white and 13.02:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #BBD765 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #BBD765 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is yellowgreen (#9ACD32) at a CIE76 distance of 18.25, which is visibly different.

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