#BBDB37#BBDB37

#BBDB37 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.183 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB37
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(72, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 74.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -31.19, 71.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 78.02, 113.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0925 0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.183 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5155, 61.5038, 13.0346)
Luminance	0.6150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB37 #5737DB

analogous

#DBA937 #BBDB37 #69DB37

triadic

#BBDB37 #37BBDB #DB37BB

tetradic

#BBDB37 #37DBA9 #5737DB #DB3769

square

#BBDB37 #37DBA9 #5737DB #DB3769

split-complementary

#BBDB37 #3769DB #A937DB

monochromatic

#6C8017 #97B420 #BBDB37 #CDE46B #DEEE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBDB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#BBDB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB37

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB37	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.183 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e67a',
    500: '#bbdb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb37;
$custom-light: #d3e67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.707,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83979,
    "c": 0.18286,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB37

secondary

#402F87

accent

#3BEC5E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB37

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

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