#BBD457#BBD457

#BBD457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.153 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD457
RGB	rgb(187, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 59%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -25.92, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 63.19, 114.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.075 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.153 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7579, 58.3401, 17.8652)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD457 #7057D4

analogous

#D4AE57 #BBD457 #7CD457

triadic

#BBD457 #57BBD4 #D457BB

tetradic

#BBD457 #57D4AE #7057D4 #D4577C

square

#BBD457 #57D4AE #7057D4 #D4577C

split-complementary

#BBD457 #577CD4 #AE57D4

monochromatic

#788D24 #A1BD30 #BBD457 #CFE088 #E2EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBD457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#BBD457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD457

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD457	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)

#E0C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.153 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e18b',
    500: '#bbd457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd457;
$custom-light: #d2e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82665,
    "c": 0.15278,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD457

secondary

#4E3D93

accent

#45E265

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD457

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

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