#BBD255#BBD255

#BBD255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.152 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD255
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -25.11, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 63.07, 113.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0729 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.152 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1805, 57.3142, 17.2752)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD255 #6C55D2

analogous

#D2AA55 #BBD255 #7CD255

triadic

#BBD255 #55BBD2 #D255BB

tetradic

#BBD255 #55D2AA #6C55D2 #D2557C

square

#BBD255 #55D2AA #6C55D2 #D2557C

split-complementary

#BBD255 #557CD2 #AA55D2

monochromatic

#768824 #A0B931 #BBD255 #CEDF85 #E2ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#BBD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD255

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD255	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.152 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df8a',
    500: '#bbd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd255;
$custom-light: #d2df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.04,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.822,
    "c": 0.15199,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD255

secondary

#4B3C8F

accent

#46E163

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD255

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

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