#BBD156#BBD156

#BBD156 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.150 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD156
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 58.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -24.55, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 62.18, 113.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0712 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.15 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9744, 56.8380, 17.4038)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD156 #6C56D1

analogous

#D1AA56 #BBD156 #7DD156

triadic

#BBD156 #56BBD1 #D156BB

tetradic

#BBD156 #56D1AA #6C56D1 #D1567D

square

#BBD156 #56D1AA #6C56D1 #D1567D

split-complementary

#BBD156 #567DD1 #AA56D1

monochromatic

#768825 #A0B832 #BBD156 #CEDE86 #E2EBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#BBD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD156

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD156	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.150 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df8a',
    500: '#bbd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd156;
$custom-light: #d2df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.732,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81988,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD156

secondary

#4B3D8E

accent

#47E063

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD156

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

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