#BBD53B#BBD53B

#BBD53B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.174 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD53B
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 59)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 72.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -28.18, 68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 74.20, 112.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0839 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.174 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0781, 58.4694, 13.0478)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD53B #553BD5

analogous

#D5A23B #BBD53B #6ED53B

triadic

#BBD53B #3BBBD5 #D53BBB

tetradic

#BBD53B #3BD5A2 #553BD5 #D53B6E

square

#BBD53B #3BD5A2 #553BD5 #D53B6E

split-complementary

#BBD53B #3B6ED5 #A23BD5

monochromatic

#6B7B1A #97AE25 #BBD53B #CCE06D #DEEBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBD53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#BBD53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD53B

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD53B	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.174 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e17b',
    500: '#bbd53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd53b;
$custom-light: #d3e17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.13,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82656,
    "c": 0.17389,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD53B

secondary

#3F3183

accent

#40E85C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD53B

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

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