#BBD55A#BBD55A

#BBD55A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.151 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD55A
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(73, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 57.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -26.16, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 62.40, 114.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0754 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.151 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1338, 58.8917, 18.6077)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD55A #745AD5

analogous

#D5B25A #BBD55A #7ED55A

triadic

#BBD55A #5ABBD5 #D55ABB

tetradic

#BBD55A #5AD5B2 #745AD5 #D55A7E

square

#BBD55A #5AD5B2 #745AD5 #D55A7E

split-complementary

#BBD55A #5A7ED5 #B25AD5

monochromatic

#799025 #A2C131 #BBD55A #CFE18B #E3EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBD55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#BBD55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD55A

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD55A	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)

#E1CA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.151 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e28d',
    500: '#bbd55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd55a;
$custom-light: #d2e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.683,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82918,
    "c": 0.15146,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD55A

secondary

#503E96

accent

#45E366

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD55A

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

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