#BBD157#BBD157

#BBD157 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.149 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD157
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 58.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -24.47, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 61.76, 113.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0709 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.149 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0150, 56.8542, 17.6175)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD157 #6D57D1

analogous

#D1AA57 #BBD157 #7ED157

triadic

#BBD157 #57BBD1 #D157BB

tetradic

#BBD157 #57D1AA #6D57D1 #D1577E

square

#BBD157 #57D1AA #6D57D1 #D1577E

split-complementary

#BBD157 #577ED1 #AA57D1

monochromatic

#768825 #A0B832 #BBD157 #CEDE87 #E2EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#BBD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD157

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD157	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)

#DEC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.149 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df8b',
    500: '#bbd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd157;
$custom-light: #d2df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.82,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81998,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD157

secondary

#4C3D8F

accent

#48E063

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD157

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

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