#BBD256#BBD256

#BBD256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.151 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD256
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -25.03, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 62.65, 113.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0726 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.151 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2205, 57.3302, 17.4859)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD256 #6D56D2

analogous

#D2AB56 #BBD256 #7DD256

triadic

#BBD256 #56BBD2 #D256BB

tetradic

#BBD256 #56D2AB #6D56D2 #D2567D

square

#BBD256 #56D2AB #6D56D2 #D2567D

split-complementary

#BBD256 #567DD2 #AB56D2

monochromatic

#768925 #A0B931 #BBD256 #CEDF86 #E2ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#BBD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD256

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD256	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.151 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df8a',
    500: '#bbd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd256;
$custom-light: #d2df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.129,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8221,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD256

secondary

#4C3D90

accent

#47E163

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD256

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

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