#BBD15B#BBD15B

#BBD15B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.146 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD15B
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 56.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -24.15, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 60.04, 113.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0696 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.146 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1829, 56.9214, 18.5022)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD15B #715BD1

analogous

#D1AC5B #BBD15B #80D15B

triadic

#BBD15B #5BBBD1 #D15BBB

tetradic

#BBD15B #5BD1AC #715BD1 #D15B80

square

#BBD15B #5BD1AC #715BD1 #D15B80

split-complementary

#BBD15B #5B80D1 #AC5BD1

monochromatic

#788B27 #A1BA34 #BBD15B #CFDE8B #E3ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBD15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#BBD15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD15B

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD15B	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)

#DDC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.146 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df8d',
    500: '#bbd15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd15b;
$custom-light: #d2df8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.186,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82041,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD15B

secondary

#4E3F91

accent

#48DF65

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD15B

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

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