#BBDB59#BBDB59

#BBDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.160 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB59
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -29.09, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 65.72, 116.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0837 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.16 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6287, 61.9491, 18.8975)
Luminance	0.6195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB59 #7959DB

analogous

#DBBA59 #BBDB59 #7ADB59

triadic

#BBDB59 #59BBDB #DB59BB

tetradic

#BBDB59 #59DBBA #7959DB #DB597A

square

#BBDB59 #59DBBA #7959DB #DB597A

split-complementary

#BBDB59 #597ADB #BA59DB

monochromatic

#7B9921 #A4CB2C #BBDB59 #D0E68B #E4F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#BBDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB59

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB59	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.160 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e68d',
    500: '#bbdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb59;
$custom-light: #d2e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.769,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84246,
    "c": 0.15977,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB59

secondary

#533B9D

accent

#19CC45

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB59

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

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