#BBD849#BBD849

#BBD849 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.168 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD849
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(72, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -28.80, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 70.60, 114.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0844 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.168 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2527, 60.1577, 15.4770)
Luminance	0.6016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD849 #6649D8

analogous

#D8AE49 #BBD849 #74D849

triadic

#BBD849 #49BBD8 #D849BB

tetradic

#BBD849 #49D8AE #6649D8 #D84974

square

#BBD849 #49D8AE #6649D8 #D84974

split-complementary

#BBD849 #4974D8 #AE49D8

monochromatic

#73891D #9EBC28 #BBD849 #CEE37B #E1EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#BBD849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD849

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD849	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.168 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e483',
    500: '#bbd849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd849;
$custom-light: #d3e483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.168,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8343,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD849

secondary

#48368F

accent

#40E862

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD849

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →