#BBD261#BBD261

#BBD261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD261
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(72, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -24.12, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 57.90, 114.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.069 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.141 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6983, 57.5213, 20.0022)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD261 #7861D2

analogous

#D2B061 #BBD261 #83D261

triadic

#BBD261 #61BBD2 #D261BB

tetradic

#BBD261 #61D2B0 #7861D2 #D26183

square

#BBD261 #61D2B0 #7861D2 #D26183

split-complementary

#BBD261 #6183D2 #B061D2

monochromatic

#7B9029 #A3BF36 #BBD261 #D0E091 #E4EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#BBD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD261

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD261	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df91',
    500: '#bbd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd261;
$custom-light: #d1df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.212,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8233,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD261

secondary

#534296

accent

#22C343

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD261

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

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