#BBD553#BBD553

#BBD553 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.157 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD553
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 83)
HSL	hsl(72, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 61%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -26.70, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 65.31, 114.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0775 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.157 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8498, 58.7781, 17.1118)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD553 #6D53D5

analogous

#D5AE53 #BBD553 #7AD553

triadic

#BBD553 #53BBD5 #D553BB

tetradic

#BBD553 #53D5AE #6D53D5 #D5537A

square

#BBD553 #53D5AE #6D53D5 #D5537A

split-complementary

#BBD553 #537AD5 #AE53D5

monochromatic

#768C22 #A0BD2E #BBD553 #CEE184 #E2EDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBD553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#BBD553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD553

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD553	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.157 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e289',
    500: '#bbd553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd553;
$custom-light: #d2e289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82848,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD553

secondary

#4C3B92

accent

#44E464

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD553

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

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