#BBD740#BBD740

#BBD740 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.173 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD740
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -28.86, 67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 73.38, 113.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0853 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.173 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7202, 59.5361, 13.9325)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD740 #5C40D7

analogous

#D7A840 #BBD740 #6FD740

triadic

#BBD740 #40BBD7 #D740BB

tetradic

#BBD740 #40D7A8 #5C40D7 #D7406F

square

#BBD740 #40D7A8 #5C40D7 #D7406F

split-complementary

#BBD740 #406FD7 #A840D7

monochromatic

#6F811B #9AB426 #BBD740 #CDE273 #DFECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBD740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#BBD740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD740

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD740	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.173 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e37e',
    500: '#bbd740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd740;
$custom-light: #d3e37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.126,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83138,
    "c": 0.17316,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD740

secondary

#433388

accent

#3FE85F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD740

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

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