#BBD55B#BBD55B

#BBD55B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.151 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD55B
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(73, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 57.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -26.08, 56.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 61.98, 114.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.075 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.151 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1767, 58.9088, 18.8334)
Luminance	0.5891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD55B #755BD5

analogous

#D5B25B #BBD55B #7ED55B

triadic

#BBD55B #5BBBD5 #D55BBB

tetradic

#BBD55B #5BD5B2 #755BD5 #D55B7E

square

#BBD55B #5BD5B2 #755BD5 #D55B7E

split-complementary

#BBD55B #5B7ED5 #B25BD5

monochromatic

#7A9125 #A3C132 #BBD55B #CFE18C #E3EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#BBD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD55B

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD55B	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)

#E1CA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.151 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e28d',
    500: '#bbd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd55b;
$custom-light: #d2e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.787,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82929,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD55B

secondary

#513E96

accent

#45E267

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD55B

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

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