#BBD751#BBD751

#BBD751 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.161 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD751
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 81)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 62.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -27.80, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 67.05, 114.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0808 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.161 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2798, 59.7599, 16.8797)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD751 #6D51D7

analogous

#D7B051 #BBD751 #78D751

triadic

#BBD751 #51BBD7 #D751BB

tetradic

#BBD751 #51D7B0 #6D51D7 #D75178

square

#BBD751 #51D7B0 #6D51D7 #D75178

split-complementary

#BBD751 #5178D7 #B051D7

monochromatic

#768D20 #A0BF2C #BBD751 #CEE283 #E2EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBD751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#BBD751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD751

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD751	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.161 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e388',
    500: '#bbd751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd751;
$custom-light: #d2e388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.537,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83275,
    "c": 0.16126,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD751

secondary

#4C3993

accent

#42E664

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD751

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

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