#BBD855#BBD855

#BBD855 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.159 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD855
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -27.98, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 65.92, 115.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0809 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.159 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6897, 60.3325, 17.7782)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD855 #7255D8

analogous

#D8B355 #BBD855 #7AD855

triadic

#BBD855 #55BBD8 #D855BB

tetradic

#BBD855 #55D8B3 #7255D8 #D8557A

square

#BBD855 #55D8B3 #7255D8 #D8557A

split-complementary

#BBD855 #557AD8 #B355D8

monochromatic

#789121 #A2C32D #BBD855 #CFE387 #E3EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#BBD855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD855

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD855	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.159 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e48a',
    500: '#bbd855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd855;
$custom-light: #d2e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.282,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83536,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD855

secondary

#4F3B96

accent

#42E666

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD855

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

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