#BBD357#BBD357

#BBD357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.152 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD357
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 58.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -25.44, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 62.71, 113.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0736 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.152 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5087, 57.8417, 17.7821)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD357 #6F57D3

analogous

#D3AD57 #BBD357 #7DD357

triadic

#BBD357 #57BBD3 #D357BB

tetradic

#BBD357 #57D3AD #6F57D3 #D3577D

square

#BBD357 #57D3AD #6F57D3 #D3577D

split-complementary

#BBD357 #577DD3 #AD57D3

monochromatic

#778B24 #A1BC31 #BBD357 #CFE087 #E2ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#BBD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD357

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD357	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)

#E0C849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.152 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e08b',
    500: '#bbd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd357;
$custom-light: #d2e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.613,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82443,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD357

secondary

#4D3D91

accent

#46E264

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD357

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

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