#BBD857#BBD857

#BBD857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.158 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD857
RGB	rgb(187, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -27.83, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 65.10, 115.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0803 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.158 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7702, 60.3648, 18.2026)
Luminance	0.6037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD857 #7457D8

analogous

#D8B457 #BBD857 #7BD857

triadic

#BBD857 #57BBD8 #D857BB

tetradic

#BBD857 #57D8B4 #7457D8 #D8577B

square

#BBD857 #57D8B4 #7457D8 #D8577B

split-complementary

#BBD857 #577BD8 #B457D8

monochromatic

#799322 #A2C42E #BBD857 #CFE489 #E3EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#BBD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD857

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD857	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)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.158 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e48b',
    500: '#bbd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd857;
$custom-light: #d2e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.488,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83556,
    "c": 0.1577,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD857

secondary

#503C98

accent

#42E567

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD857

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

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