#BBD759#BBD759

#BBD759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.155 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD759
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(73, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 58.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -27.20, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 63.79, 115.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0784 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.155 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5977, 59.8871, 18.5538)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD759 #7559D7

analogous

#D7B459 #BBD759 #7CD759

triadic

#BBD759 #59BBD7 #D759BB

tetradic

#BBD759 #59D7B4 #7559D7 #D7597C

square

#BBD759 #59D7B4 #7559D7 #D7597C

split-complementary

#BBD759 #597CD7 #B459D7

monochromatic

#7A9223 #A3C42F #BBD759 #CFE38A #E3EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBD759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#BBD759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD759

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD759	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.155 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e38c',
    500: '#bbd759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd759;
$custom-light: #d2e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83353,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD759

secondary

#513D98

accent

#44E467

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD759

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

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