#BBDB5B#BBDB5B

#BBDB5B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.158 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDB5B
RGB	rgb(187, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(75, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 0%, 58.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -28.93, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 64.90, 116.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.083 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.158 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7138, 61.9831, 19.3458)
Luminance	0.6198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDB5B #7B5BDB

analogous

#DBBB5B #BBDB5B #7BDB5B

triadic

#BBDB5B #5BBBDB #DB5BBB

tetradic

#BBDB5B #5BDBBB #7B5BDB #DB5B7B

square

#BBDB5B #5BDBBB #7B5BDB #DB5B7B

split-complementary

#BBDB5B #5B7BDB #BB5BDB

monochromatic

#7C9A22 #A4CC2D #BBDB5B #D0E68D #E5F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BBDB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#BBDB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDB5B

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDB5B	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.158 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e68e',
    500: '#bbdb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdb5b;
$custom-light: #d2e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84266,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDB5B

secondary

#553C9E

accent

#1ACC46

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDB5B

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

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