#BBD656#BBD656

#BBD656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.156 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD656
RGB	rgb(187, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.47, -26.95, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.47, 64.55, 114.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.078 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.156 120)
XYZ	xyz(46.2204, 59.3300, 17.8192)
Luminance	0.5933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD656 #7156D6

analogous

#D6B156 #BBD656 #7BD656

triadic

#BBD656 #56BBD6 #D656BB

tetradic

#BBD656 #56D6B1 #7156D6 #D6567B

square

#BBD656 #56D6B1 #7156D6 #D6567B

split-complementary

#BBD656 #567BD6 #B156D6

monochromatic

#788F23 #A1C02F #BBD656 #CFE287 #E3EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#BBD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD656

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD656	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.156 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e28b',
    500: '#bbd656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd656;
$custom-light: #d2e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.656,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.831,
    "c": 0.15606,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.5933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD656

secondary

#4E3C95

accent

#44E466

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD656

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

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