#BBDB57#BBDB57

#BBDB57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.161 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB57
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -29.25, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 66.54, 116.07°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0843 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.161 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5458, 61.9159, 18.4611)
Luminance	0.6192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB57 #7757DB

analogous

#DBB957 #BBDB57 #79DB57

triadic

#BBDB57 #57BBDB #DB57BB

tetradic

#BBDB57 #57DBB9 #7757DB #DB5779

square

#BBDB57 #57DBB9 #7757DB #DB5779

split-complementary

#BBDB57 #5779DB #B957DB

monochromatic

#7A9720 #A3CA2B #BBDB57 #CFE689 #E4F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBDB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#BBDB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB57

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB57	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)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.161 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e68b',
    500: '#bbdb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb57;
$custom-light: #d2e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84226,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB57

secondary

#523B9C

accent

#40E869

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB57

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

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