#BBD540#BBD540

#BBD540 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.171 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD540
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -27.91, 66.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 72.51, 112.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0827 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.171 119)
XYZ	xyz(45.2141, 58.5238, 13.7638)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD540 #5A40D5

analogous

#D5A540 #BBD540 #71D540

triadic

#BBD540 #40BBD5 #D540BB

tetradic

#BBD540 #40D5A5 #5A40D5 #D54071

square

#BBD540 #40D5A5 #5A40D5 #D54071

split-complementary

#BBD540 #4071D5 #A540D5

monochromatic

#6D7F1C #99B127 #BBD540 #CDE072 #DFEBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBD540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#BBD540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD540

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD540	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.171 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e17e',
    500: '#bbd540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd540;
$custom-light: #d3e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.47,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8269,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.58523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD540

secondary

#423386

accent

#41E75E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD540

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

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