#BBD837#BBD837
#BBD837 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.179 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBD837 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 216, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(71, 67%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(71, 75%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 74.5%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.81, -29.78, 70.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.81, 76.74, 112.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.3% -0.0886 0.1561) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.3% 0.179 119.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.7399, 59.9526, 12.7761) |
| Luminance | 0.5995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 2.85
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.10
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.32
Slime Green
#99CC04
ΔE00 5.33
Yellowgreen
#9ACD32
ΔE00 5.62
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 5.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBD837 #5437D8
analogous
#D8A437 #BBD837 #6BD837
triadic
#BBD837 #37BBD8 #D837BB
tetradic
#BBD837 #37D8A4 #5437D8 #D8376B
square
#BBD837 #37D8A4 #5437D8 #D8376B
split-complementary
#BBD837 #376BD8 #A437D8
monochromatic
#6A7C18 #96B022 #BBD837 #CCE26A #DEEC9D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#BBD837 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.99
#BBD837 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBD837
12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBD837 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBD837 | 1.00 | 1.62 | 12.99 | 12.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CC10
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CC46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6CCBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbd837; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.179 119.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d3e47a',
500: '#bbd837',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbd837; $custom-light: #d3e47a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbd837",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 216,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 70.807,
"s": 67.364,
"l": 53.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83304,
"c": 0.17949,
"h": 119.6
},
"luminance": 0.59952
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBD837
secondary
#3F2F84
accent
#3EEA5D
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF2
border
#D4D5CC
text
#15150A
muted
#84847D