#BBD557#BBD557

#BBD557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.154 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD557
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -26.40, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 63.66, 114.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0763 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.154 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0087, 58.8416, 17.9488)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD557 #7157D5

analogous

#D5B057 #BBD557 #7CD557

triadic

#BBD557 #57BBD5 #D557BB

tetradic

#BBD557 #57D5B0 #7157D5 #D5577C

square

#BBD557 #57D5B0 #7157D5 #D5577C

split-complementary

#BBD557 #577CD5 #B057D5

monochromatic

#788E24 #A1BF30 #BBD557 #CFE188 #E3EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#BBD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD557

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD557	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	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)

#E1CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.154 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e28b',
    500: '#bbd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd557;
$custom-light: #d2e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.381,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82887,
    "c": 0.154,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD557

secondary

#4E3C94

accent

#45E365

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD557

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

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