#BBD159#BBD159

#BBD159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.147 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD159
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -24.31, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 60.91, 113.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0703 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.147 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0978, 56.8873, 18.0538)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD159 #6F59D1

analogous

#D1AB59 #BBD159 #7FD159

triadic

#BBD159 #59BBD1 #D159BB

tetradic

#BBD159 #59D1AB #6F59D1 #D1597F

square

#BBD159 #59D1AB #6F59D1 #D1597F

split-complementary

#BBD159 #597FD1 #AB59D1

monochromatic

#778926 #A1B933 #BBD159 #CFDE89 #E2ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#BBD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD159

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD159	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.147 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df8c',
    500: '#bbd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd159;
$custom-light: #d2df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82019,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD159

secondary

#4D3E90

accent

#48E064

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD159

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

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