#BBD456#BBD456

#BBD456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.154 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD456
RGB	rgb(187, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -25.99, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 63.60, 114.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0753 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.154 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7174, 58.3239, 17.6515)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD456 #6F56D4

analogous

#D4AE56 #BBD456 #7CD456

triadic

#BBD456 #56BBD4 #D456BB

tetradic

#BBD456 #56D4AE #6F56D4 #D4567C

square

#BBD456 #56D4AE #6F56D4 #D4567C

split-complementary

#BBD456 #567CD4 #AE56D4

monochromatic

#778C24 #A1BD30 #BBD456 #CFE087 #E2EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#BBD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD456

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD456	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.154 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e18a',
    500: '#bbd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd456;
$custom-light: #d2e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.905,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82655,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD456

secondary

#4D3C92

accent

#45E364

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD456

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

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