#BBD459#BBD459

#BBD459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.151 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD459
RGB	rgb(187, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -25.76, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 62.34, 114.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0743 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.151 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8408, 58.3733, 18.3015)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD459 #7259D4

analogous

#D4B059 #BBD459 #7ED459

triadic

#BBD459 #59BBD4 #D459BB

tetradic

#BBD459 #59D4B0 #7259D4 #D4597E

square

#BBD459 #59D4B0 #7259D4 #D4597E

split-complementary

#BBD459 #597ED4 #B059D4

monochromatic

#788E25 #A2BE31 #BBD459 #CFE18A #E3EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BBD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#BBD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD459

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD459	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)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.151 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e18c',
    500: '#bbd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd459;
$custom-light: #d2e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.195,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82686,
    "c": 0.15108,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD459

secondary

#4F3E94

accent

#46E266

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD459

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →