#BBDC51#BBDC51

#BBDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.167 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDC51
RGB	rgb(187, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(74, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(74, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -30.15, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 69.40, 115.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0874 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.167 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5725, 62.3453, 17.3106)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDC51 #7251DC

analogous

#DCB851 #BBDC51 #76DC51

triadic

#BBDC51 #51BBDC #DC51BB

tetradic

#BBDC51 #51DCB8 #7251DC #DC5176

square

#BBDC51 #51DCB8 #7251DC #DC5176

split-complementary

#BBDC51 #5176DC #B851DC

monochromatic

#78951E #A2C828 #BBDC51 #CFE684 #E3F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BBDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#BBDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDC51

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDC51	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.167 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e788',
    500: '#bbdc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdc51;
$custom-light: #d2e788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.245,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84394,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDC51

secondary

#4F3899

accent

#3EE967

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDC51

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

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