#BBDB55#BBDB55

#BBDB55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.163 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB55
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -29.40, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 67.35, 115.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0849 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.163 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4653, 61.8837, 18.0368)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB55 #7555DB

analogous

#DBB855 #BBDB55 #78DB55

triadic

#BBDB55 #55BBDB #DB55BB

tetradic

#BBDB55 #55DBB8 #7555DB #DB5578

square

#BBDB55 #55DBB8 #7555DB #DB5578

split-complementary

#BBDB55 #5578DB #B855DB

monochromatic

#7A9620 #A3C82A #BBDB55 #CFE688 #E3F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBDB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#BBDB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB55

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB55	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.163 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e68a',
    500: '#bbdb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb55;
$custom-light: #d2e68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.328,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84207,
    "c": 0.16301,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB55

secondary

#513A9A

accent

#40E868

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB55

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

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