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Bubbly Bavaria

#b7dc78
Notes

Bubbly Bavaria (#B7DC78) is a true lime with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (82°, 59%, 67%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary indigo. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#b7dc78
RGB
rgb(183, 220, 120)
HSL
hsl(82, 59%, 67%)
HWB
hwb(82 47% 14%)
OKLCH
oklch(84.6% 0.134 125.8)
HSV
hsv(82, 45%, 86%)
LAB
lab(83.24% -28.16 44.99)
LCH
lch(83.24% 53.08 122.04)
CMYK
cmyk(17%, 0%, 45%, 14%)

Etymology

Bubbly
adjective

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of bubbles. As a color modifier, bubbly implies a saturated-and-effervescent-and-cheerful quality, the bright color of Champagne-and-Prosecco effervescent-wine carbonation-bubble-light reflection. Sits at the bright-and-effervescent end of the grid, parallel to fizzy and effervescent in usage.

Bavaria
noun

The southern German region — and the diamond-pattern blue-and-white Bavarian state flag. Bavaria as a color refers specifically to the warm gold-yellow of Bavarian baroque church facades and the Lederhosen leather of traditional Bavarian dress. A saturated, slightly muted gold-yellow with the matte finish of weathered ochre lime-wash.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#b7dc78
Original
#e5d170
Protanopia
#e0cf7e
Deuteranopia
#bdd4c4
Tritanopia
#cdcdcd
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.55:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
13.52:1

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