#BBD957#BBD957

#BBD957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.159 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD957
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -28.30, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 65.58, 115.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0816 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.159 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0272, 60.8787, 18.2883)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD957 #7557D9

analogous

#D9B657 #BBD957 #7AD957

triadic

#BBD957 #57BBD9 #D957BB

tetradic

#BBD957 #57D9B6 #7557D9 #D9577A

square

#BBD957 #57D9B6 #7557D9 #D9577A

split-complementary

#BBD957 #577AD9 #B657D9

monochromatic

#7A9421 #A3C62D #BBD957 #CFE489 #E3F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BBD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#BBD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD957

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD957	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.159 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e48b',
    500: '#bbd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd957;
$custom-light: #d2e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83779,
    "c": 0.15893,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD957

secondary

#513B99

accent

#42E668

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD957

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

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