#BBD251#BBD251

#BBD251 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.155 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD251
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -25.41, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 64.72, 113.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0741 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.155 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0261, 57.2524, 16.4618)
Luminance	0.5725 (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

#BBD251 #6851D2

analogous

#D2A951 #BBD251 #7AD251

triadic

#BBD251 #51BBD2 #D251BB

tetradic

#BBD251 #51D2A9 #6851D2 #D2517A

square

#BBD251 #51D2A9 #6851D2 #D2517A

split-complementary

#BBD251 #517AD2 #A951D2

monochromatic

#748623 #9EB72F #BBD251 #CEDF82 #E1EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BBD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD251

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD251	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.155 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df87',
    500: '#bbd251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd251;
$custom-light: #d2df87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.698,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82161,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD251

secondary

#493B8D

accent

#46E262

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD251

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

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