#BBD838#BBD838

#BBD838 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	#BBD838
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 74.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -29.74, 70.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 76.43, 112.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0884 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.179 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7641, 59.9623, 12.9036)
Luminance	0.5996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD838 #5538D8

analogous

#D8A538 #BBD838 #6BD838

triadic

#BBD838 #38BBD8 #D838BB

tetradic

#BBD838 #38D8A5 #5538D8 #D8386B

square

#BBD838 #38D8A5 #5538D8 #D8386B

split-complementary

#BBD838 #386BD8 #A538D8

monochromatic

#6B7D19 #97B023 #BBD838 #CCE26B #DEEC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBD838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#BBD838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD838

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD838	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)

#E6CC13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.179 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e47a',
    500: '#bbd838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd838;
$custom-light: #d3e47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.875,
    "s": 67.227,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8331,
    "c": 0.17895,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD838

secondary

#3F3084

accent

#3EEA5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD838

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

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