#BBD059#BBD059

#BBD059 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.146 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD059
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 57.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -23.83, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 60.43, 113.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0689 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.146 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8532, 56.3982, 17.9723)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD059 #6E59D0

analogous

#D0A959 #BBD059 #7FD059

triadic

#BBD059 #59BBD0 #D059BB

tetradic

#BBD059 #59D0A9 #6E59D0 #D0597F

square

#BBD059 #59D0A9 #6E59D0 #D0597F

split-complementary

#BBD059 #597FD0 #A959D0

monochromatic

#778827 #A1B834 #BBD059 #CFDE89 #E2EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#BBD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD059

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD059	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.146 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de8c',
    500: '#bbd059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd059;
$custom-light: #d2de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD059

secondary

#4D3E8F

accent

#49DF63

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD059

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

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