#BBD057#BBD057

#BBD057 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.148 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD057
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 58.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -23.99, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 61.28, 113.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0696 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.148 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7704, 56.3650, 17.5360)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD057 #6C57D0

analogous

#D0A857 #BBD057 #7FD057

triadic

#BBD057 #57BBD0 #D057BB

tetradic

#BBD057 #57D0A8 #6C57D0 #D0577F

square

#BBD057 #57D0A8 #6C57D0 #D0577F

split-complementary

#BBD057 #577FD0 #A857D0

monochromatic

#768726 #A0B733 #BBD057 #CEDD87 #E2EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBD057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#BBD057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD057

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD057	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.148 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de8b',
    500: '#bbd057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd057;
$custom-light: #d2de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.413,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81777,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD057

secondary

#4B3E8E

accent

#48E062

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD057

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

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