#BBD955#BBD955

#BBD955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.161 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD955
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(74, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -28.45, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 66.39, 115.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0822 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.161 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9466, 60.8465, 17.8639)
Luminance	0.6085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD955 #7355D9

analogous

#D9B555 #BBD955 #79D955

triadic

#BBD955 #55BBD9 #D955BB

tetradic

#BBD955 #55D9B5 #7355D9 #D95579

square

#BBD955 #55D9B5 #7355D9 #D95579

split-complementary

#BBD955 #5579D9 #B555D9

monochromatic

#799321 #A2C52C #BBD955 #CFE487 #E3EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BBD955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#BBD955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD955

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD955	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.161 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e48a',
    500: '#bbd955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd955;
$custom-light: #d2e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.636,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8376,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD955

secondary

#503A98

accent

#41E667

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD955

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

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