#BBD659#BBD659

#BBD659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.154 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD659
RGB	rgb(187, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -26.72, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 63.31, 114.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.077 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.154 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3438, 59.3794, 18.4692)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD659 #7459D6

analogous

#D6B359 #BBD659 #7DD659

triadic

#BBD659 #59BBD6 #D659BB

tetradic

#BBD659 #59D6B3 #7459D6 #D6597D

square

#BBD659 #59D6B3 #7459D6 #D6597D

split-complementary

#BBD659 #597DD6 #B359D6

monochromatic

#799124 #A2C230 #BBD659 #CFE28A #E3EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#BBD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD659

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD659	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.154 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e28c',
    500: '#bbd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd659;
$custom-light: #d2e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.96,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83131,
    "c": 0.15356,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD659

secondary

#503D96

accent

#44E467

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD659

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

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