#BBD95B#BBD95B

#BBD95B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.156 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD95B
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(74, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -27.99, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 63.92, 115.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0804 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.156 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1952, 60.9459, 19.1729)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD95B #795BD9

analogous

#D9B85B #BBD95B #7CD95B

triadic

#BBD95B #5BBBD9 #D95BBB

tetradic

#BBD95B #5BD9B8 #795BD9 #D95B7C

square

#BBD95B #5BD9B8 #795BD9 #D95B7C

split-complementary

#BBD95B #5B7CD9 #B85BD9

monochromatic

#7B9723 #A4C82E #BBD95B #D0E58D #E4F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BBD95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#BBD95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD95B

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD95B	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.156 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e48e',
    500: '#bbd95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd95b;
$custom-light: #d2e48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.286,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8382,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD95B

secondary

#533D9B

accent

#1BCA45

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD95B

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

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