#BBD842#BBD842

#BBD842 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.173 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD842
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -29.22, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 73.13, 113.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0861 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.173 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0336, 60.0701, 14.3228)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD842 #5F42D8

analogous

#D8AA42 #BBD842 #70D842

triadic

#BBD842 #42BBD8 #D842BB

tetradic

#BBD842 #42D8AA #5F42D8 #D84270

square

#BBD842 #42D8AA #5F42D8 #D84270

split-complementary

#BBD842 #4270D8 #AA42D8

monochromatic

#70841B #9BB726 #BBD842 #CDE275 #E0EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#BBD842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD842

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD842	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.173 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e47f',
    500: '#bbd842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd842;
$custom-light: #d3e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83376,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD842

secondary

#44338B

accent

#3FE960

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD842

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

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