#BBD556#BBD556

#BBD556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.155 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD556
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -26.47, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 64.08, 114.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0766 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.155 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9681, 58.8254, 17.7351)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD556 #7056D5

analogous

#D5AF56 #BBD556 #7BD556

triadic

#BBD556 #56BBD5 #D556BB

tetradic

#BBD556 #56D5AF #7056D5 #D5567B

square

#BBD556 #56D5AF #7056D5 #D5567B

split-complementary

#BBD556 #567BD5 #AF56D5

monochromatic

#788D23 #A1BE2F #BBD556 #CFE187 #E2EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BBD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#BBD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD556

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD556	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.155 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e28a',
    500: '#bbd556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd556;
$custom-light: #d2e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.283,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82877,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD556

secondary

#4E3C93

accent

#44E365

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD556

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

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