#BBD853#BBD853

#BBD853 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.161 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD853
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 61.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -28.13, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 66.72, 114.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0815 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.161 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6113, 60.3012, 17.3657)
Luminance	0.6030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD853 #7053D8

analogous

#D8B253 #BBD853 #78D853

triadic

#BBD853 #53BBD8 #D853BB

tetradic

#BBD853 #53D8B2 #7053D8 #D85378

square

#BBD853 #53D8B2 #7053D8 #D85378

split-complementary

#BBD853 #5378D8 #B253D8

monochromatic

#789021 #A1C22C #BBD853 #CFE385 #E2EFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#BBD853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD853

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD853	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.161 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e489',
    500: '#bbd853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd853;
$custom-light: #d2e489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.083,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83517,
    "c": 0.16091,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD853

secondary

#4E3A95

accent

#42E666

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD853

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

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