#BBD856#BBD856

#BBD856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.159 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD856
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -27.90, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 65.51, 115.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.55% -0.0806 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(83.55% 0.159 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7297, 60.3485, 17.9889)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD856 #7356D8

analogous

#D8B456 #BBD856 #7AD856

triadic

#BBD856 #56BBD8 #D856BB

tetradic

#BBD856 #56D8B4 #7356D8 #D8567A

square

#BBD856 #56D8B4 #7356D8 #D8567A

split-complementary

#BBD856 #567AD8 #B456D8

monochromatic

#799222 #A2C42D #BBD856 #CFE388 #E3EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#BBD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD856

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD856	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)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.159 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e48b',
    500: '#bbd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd856;
$custom-light: #d2e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83546,
    "c": 0.15852,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD856

secondary

#503B97

accent

#42E667

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD856

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

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