#BBDB56#BBDB56

#BBDB56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.162 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB56
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -29.32, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 66.94, 115.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0846 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.162 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5053, 61.8997, 18.2475)
Luminance	0.6190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB56 #7656DB

analogous

#DBB856 #BBDB56 #79DB56

triadic

#BBDB56 #56BBDB #DB56BB

tetradic

#BBDB56 #56DBB8 #7656DB #DB5679

square

#BBDB56 #56DBB8 #7656DB #DB5679

split-complementary

#BBDB56 #5679DB #B856DB

monochromatic

#7A9720 #A3C92B #BBDB56 #CFE688 #E4F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBDB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#BBDB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB56

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB56	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)

#E7CF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.162 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e68b',
    500: '#bbdb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb56;
$custom-light: #d2e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.436,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84216,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB56

secondary

#513A9B

accent

#40E868

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB56

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

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