#BBD757#BBD757

#BBD757 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.156 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD757
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 59.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -27.35, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 64.62, 115.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.079 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.156 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5148, 59.8539, 18.1175)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD757 #7357D7

analogous

#D7B357 #BBD757 #7BD757

triadic

#BBD757 #57BBD7 #D757BB

tetradic

#BBD757 #57D7B3 #7357D7 #D7577B

square

#BBD757 #57D7B3 #7357D7 #D7577B

split-complementary

#BBD757 #577BD7 #B357D7

monochromatic

#799123 #A2C22E #BBD757 #CFE388 #E3EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBD757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#BBD757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD757

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD757	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.156 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e38b',
    500: '#bbd757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd757;
$custom-light: #d2e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83333,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD757

secondary

#503C96

accent

#43E566

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD757

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

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