#BBD959#BBD959

#BBD959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.157 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD959
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -28.15, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 64.75, 115.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.081 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.157 121)
XYZ	xyz(47.1101, 60.9118, 18.7246)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD959 #7759D9

analogous

#D9B759 #BBD959 #7BD959

triadic

#BBD959 #59BBD9 #D959BB

tetradic

#BBD959 #59D9B7 #7759D9 #D9597B

square

#BBD959 #59D9B7 #7759D9 #D9597B

split-complementary

#BBD959 #597BD9 #B759D9

monochromatic

#7A9522 #A3C72E #BBD959 #CFE48B #E4F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BBD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#BBD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD959

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD959	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)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.157 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e48d',
    500: '#bbd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd959;
$custom-light: #d2e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.063,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83799,
    "c": 0.15728,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.60912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD959

secondary

#523C9A

accent

#42E668

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD959

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

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