#BBD551#BBD551

#BBD551 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.159 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD551
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -26.84, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 66.12, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0781 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.159 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7737, 58.7476, 16.7110)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD551 #6B51D5

analogous

#D5AD51 #BBD551 #79D551

triadic

#BBD551 #51BBD5 #D551BB

tetradic

#BBD551 #51D5AD #6B51D5 #D55179

square

#BBD551 #51D5AD #6B51D5 #D55179

split-complementary

#BBD551 #5179D5 #AD51D5

monochromatic

#768A21 #A0BC2D #BBD551 #CEE182 #E2EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBD551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#BBD551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD551

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD551	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.159 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e187',
    500: '#bbd551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd551;
$custom-light: #d2e187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82829,
    "c": 0.15885,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD551

secondary

#4B3A90

accent

#44E463

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD551

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

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