#BBD371#BBD371

#BBD371 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.127 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD371
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 113)
HSL	hsl(75, 53%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(75, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 46.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -23.07, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 51.11, 116.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0646 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.127 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7686, 58.3457, 24.4176)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD371 #8971D3

analogous

#D3BA71 #BBD371 #8AD371

triadic

#BBD371 #71BBD3 #D371BB

tetradic

#BBD371 #71D3BA #8971D3 #D3718A

square

#BBD371 #71D3BA #8971D3 #D3718A

split-complementary

#BBD371 #718AD3 #BA71D3

monochromatic

#809A30 #A5C542 #BBD371 #D1E1A0 #E8F0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBD371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#BBD371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD371

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD371	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.127 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e09c',
    500: '#bbd371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd371;
$custom-light: #d1e09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.694,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82758,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD371

secondary

#5E499F

accent

#25C04B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD371

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

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