#BBDB51#BBDB51

#BBDB51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.166 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB51
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(74, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(74, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -29.68, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 68.93, 115.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0861 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.166 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3108, 61.8219, 17.2234)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB51 #7151DB

analogous

#DBB651 #BBDB51 #76DB51

triadic

#BBDB51 #51BBDB #DB51BB

tetradic

#BBDB51 #51DBB6 #7151DB #DB5176

square

#BBDB51 #51DBB6 #7151DB #DB5176

split-complementary

#BBDB51 #5176DB #B651DB

monochromatic

#78931E #A1C629 #BBDB51 #CFE584 #E3F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBDB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#BBDB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB51

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB51	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.166 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e688',
    500: '#bbdb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb51;
$custom-light: #d2e688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.913,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8417,
    "c": 0.16611,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB51

secondary

#4E3898

accent

#3FE966

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB51

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

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