#BBD356#BBD356

#BBD356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.152 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD356
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -25.51, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 63.13, 113.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0739 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.152 119)
XYZ	xyz(45.4682, 57.8255, 17.5684)
Luminance	0.5783 (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

#BBD356 #6E56D3

analogous

#D3AC56 #BBD356 #7CD356

triadic

#BBD356 #56BBD3 #D356BB

tetradic

#BBD356 #56D3AC #6E56D3 #D3567C

square

#BBD356 #56D3AC #6E56D3 #D3567C

split-complementary

#BBD356 #567CD3 #AC56D3

monochromatic

#778B24 #A1BB31 #BBD356 #CFE087 #E2ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#BBD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD356

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD356	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.152 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e08a',
    500: '#bbd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd356;
$custom-light: #d2e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.52,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82432,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.57825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD356

secondary

#4D3C91

accent

#46E264

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD356

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

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