#BBD555#BBD555

#BBD555 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.156 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD555
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -26.55, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 64.49, 114.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0769 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.156 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9281, 58.8094, 17.5244)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD555 #6F55D5

analogous

#D5AF55 #BBD555 #7BD555

triadic

#BBD555 #55BBD5 #D555BB

tetradic

#BBD555 #55D5AF #6F55D5 #D5557B

square

#BBD555 #55D5AF #6F55D5 #D5557B

split-complementary

#BBD555 #557BD5 #AF55D5

monochromatic

#778D23 #A1BE2F #BBD555 #CFE186 #E2EDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBD555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#BBD555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD555

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD555	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)

#E2CA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.156 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e28a',
    500: '#bbd555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd555;
$custom-light: #d2e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.188,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82867,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD555

secondary

#4D3C93

accent

#44E465

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD555

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

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