#BBD559#BBD559

#BBD559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.152 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD559
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -26.24, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 62.82, 114.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0757 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.152 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0915, 58.8748, 18.3851)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD559 #7359D5

analogous

#D5B159 #BBD559 #7DD559

triadic

#BBD559 #59BBD5 #D559BB

tetradic

#BBD559 #59D5B1 #7359D5 #D5597D

square

#BBD559 #59D5B1 #7359D5 #D5597D

split-complementary

#BBD559 #597DD5 #B159D5

monochromatic

#798F24 #A2C031 #BBD559 #CFE18A #E3EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#BBD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD559

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD559	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.152 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e28c',
    500: '#bbd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd559;
$custom-light: #d2e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.581,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82908,
    "c": 0.15232,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD559

secondary

#503D95

accent

#45E366

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD559

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

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