#BBD655#BBD655

#BBD655 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.157 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD655
RGB	rgb(187, 214, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -27.03, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 64.97, 114.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0783 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.157 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1804, 59.3140, 17.6085)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD655 #7055D6

analogous

#D6B055 #BBD655 #7AD655

triadic

#BBD655 #55BBD6 #D655BB

tetradic

#BBD655 #55D6B0 #7055D6 #D6557A

square

#BBD655 #55D6B0 #7055D6 #D6557A

split-complementary

#BBD655 #557AD6 #B055D6

monochromatic

#788E22 #A1C02E #BBD655 #CFE286 #E2EEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBD655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#BBD655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD655

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD655	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 214, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.157 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e28a',
    500: '#bbd655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd655;
$custom-light: #d2e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.558,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8309,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD655

secondary

#4E3B94

accent

#44E465

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD655

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

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