#BBD259#BBD259

#BBD259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.149 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD259
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -24.80, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 61.38, 113.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0716 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.149 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3439, 57.3795, 18.1359)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD259 #7059D2

analogous

#D2AC59 #BBD259 #7ED259

triadic

#BBD259 #59BBD2 #D259BB

tetradic

#BBD259 #59D2AC #7059D2 #D2597E

square

#BBD259 #59D2AC #7059D2 #D2597E

split-complementary

#BBD259 #597ED2 #AC59D2

monochromatic

#788B26 #A1BB33 #BBD259 #CFDF89 #E2ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#BBD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD259

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD259	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.149 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df8c',
    500: '#bbd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd259;
$custom-light: #d2df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.405,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82241,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD259

secondary

#4E3E91

accent

#47E164

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD259

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

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