#BBD257#BBD257

#BBD257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.150 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD257
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 58.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -24.96, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 62.23, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0723 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.15 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2611, 57.3464, 17.6996)
Luminance	0.5735 (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

#BBD257 #6E57D2

analogous

#D2AC57 #BBD257 #7DD257

triadic

#BBD257 #57BBD2 #D257BB

tetradic

#BBD257 #57D2AC #6E57D2 #D2577D

square

#BBD257 #57D2AC #6E57D2 #D2577D

split-complementary

#BBD257 #577DD2 #AC57D2

monochromatic

#778A25 #A1BA32 #BBD257 #CFDF87 #E2ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#BBD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD257

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD257	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)

#DFC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.150 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df8b',
    500: '#bbd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd257;
$custom-light: #d2df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.22,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8222,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD257

secondary

#4D3D90

accent

#47E164

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD257

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

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