#BBD956#BBD956

#BBD956 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.160 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD956
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -28.38, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 65.99, 115.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0819 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.16 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9866, 60.8625, 18.0746)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD956 #7456D9

analogous

#D9B556 #BBD956 #7AD956

triadic

#BBD956 #56BBD9 #D956BB

tetradic

#BBD956 #56D9B5 #7456D9 #D9567A

square

#BBD956 #56D9B5 #7456D9 #D9567A

split-complementary

#BBD956 #567AD9 #B556D9

monochromatic

#799321 #A2C52C #BBD956 #CFE488 #E3EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BBD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#BBD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD956

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD956	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)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.160 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e48b',
    500: '#bbd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd956;
$custom-light: #d2e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.74,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83769,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD956

secondary

#503B98

accent

#41E667

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD956

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

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