#BBD359#BBD359

#BBD359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.150 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD359
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 57.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -25.28, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 61.86, 114.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.073 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.15 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5916, 57.8749, 18.2184)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD359 #7159D3

analogous

#D3AE59 #BBD359 #7ED359

triadic

#BBD359 #59BBD3 #D359BB

tetradic

#BBD359 #59D3AE #7159D3 #D3597E

square

#BBD359 #59D3AE #7159D3 #D3597E

split-complementary

#BBD359 #597ED3 #AE59D3

monochromatic

#788C25 #A1BD32 #BBD359 #CFE089 #E3EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBD359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#BBD359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD359

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD359	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.150 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e08c',
    500: '#bbd359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd359;
$custom-light: #d2e08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.803,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82463,
    "c": 0.14984,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD359

secondary

#4E3E92

accent

#46E165

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD359

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

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