#BBD851#BBD851

#BBD851 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.162 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD851
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -28.27, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 67.52, 114.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0821 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.162 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5352, 60.2707, 16.9649)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD851 #6E51D8

analogous

#D8B151 #BBD851 #77D851

triadic

#BBD851 #51BBD8 #D851BB

tetradic

#BBD851 #51D8B1 #6E51D8 #D85177

square

#BBD851 #51D8B1 #6E51D8 #D85177

split-complementary

#BBD851 #5177D8 #B151D8

monochromatic

#778F20 #A1C12B #BBD851 #CFE383 #E2EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#BBD851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD851

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD851	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.162 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e488',
    500: '#bbd851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd851;
$custom-light: #d2e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83499,
    "c": 0.16247,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD851

secondary

#4D3994

accent

#41E665

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD851

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

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