#BBDB38#BBDB38

#BBDB38 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.182 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB38
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -31.14, 71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 77.72, 113.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0923 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.182 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5397, 61.5135, 13.1621)
Luminance	0.6151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB38 #5838DB

analogous

#DBAA38 #BBDB38 #6ADB38

triadic

#BBDB38 #38BBDB #DB38BB

tetradic

#BBDB38 #38DBAA #5838DB #DB386A

square

#BBDB38 #38DBAA #5838DB #DB386A

split-complementary

#BBDB38 #386ADB #AA38DB

monochromatic

#6C8117 #98B521 #BBDB38 #CDE46C #DEEEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBDB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#BBDB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB38

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB38	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)

#E9CE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.182 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e67b',
    500: '#bbdb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb38;
$custom-light: #d3e67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.779,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83984,
    "c": 0.18233,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB38

secondary

#412F88

accent

#3CEC5E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB38

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

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