#BBD561#BBD561

#BBD561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.145 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD561
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 54.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -25.57, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 59.38, 115.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0731 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.145 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4459, 59.0165, 20.2514)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD561 #7B61D5

analogous

#D5B561 #BBD561 #81D561

triadic

#BBD561 #61BBD5 #D561BB

tetradic

#BBD561 #61D5B5 #7B61D5 #D56181

square

#BBD561 #61D5B5 #7B61D5 #D56181

split-complementary

#BBD561 #6181D5 #B561D5

monochromatic

#7C9427 #A4C534 #BBD561 #D0E291 #E5EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#BBD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD561

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD561	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.145 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e291',
    500: '#bbd561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd561;
$custom-light: #d2e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.448,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82996,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD561

secondary

#554199

accent

#20C645

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD561

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

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