#BBD74A#BBD74A
#BBD74A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.166 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBD74A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 215, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(72, 64%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(72, 66%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13%, 0%, 65.6%, 15.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.65, -28.27, 63.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.65, 69.77, 113.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.21% -0.0828 0.1444) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.21% 0.166 119.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0307, 59.6603, 15.5679) |
| Luminance | 0.5966 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 4.01
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 4.29
Yellowgreen
#9ACD32
ΔE00 5.25
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.53
Slime Green
#99CC04
ΔE00 5.64
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBD74A #664AD7
analogous
#D7AD4A #BBD74A #75D74A
triadic
#BBD74A #4ABBD7 #D74ABB
tetradic
#BBD74A #4AD7AD #664AD7 #D74A75
square
#BBD74A #4AD7AD #664AD7 #D74A75
split-complementary
#BBD74A #4A75D7 #AD4AD7
monochromatic
#73881E #9EBB29 #BBD74A #CEE27C #E1EDAE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#BBD74A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.93
#BBD74A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBD74A
12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBD74A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBD74A | 1.00 | 1.62 | 12.93 | 12.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CB36
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB54
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C5CCBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbd74a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.166 119.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d3e384',
500: '#bbd74a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbd74a; $custom-light: #d3e384; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbd74a",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 215,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 71.915,
"s": 63.801,
"l": 56.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83214,
"c": 0.16648,
"h": 119.8
},
"luminance": 0.5966
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBD74A
secondary
#48378F
accent
#41E762
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF2
border
#D4D5CC
text
#14150B
muted
#83847E