#BBDC59#BBDC59

#BBDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.161 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDC59
RGB	rgb(187, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -29.56, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 66.21, 116.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.085 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.161 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8904, 62.4724, 18.9847)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDC59 #7A59DC

analogous

#DCBC59 #BBDC59 #79DC59

triadic

#BBDC59 #59BBDC #DC59BB

tetradic

#BBDC59 #59DCBC #7A59DC #DC5979

square

#BBDC59 #59DCBC #7A59DC #DC5979

split-complementary

#BBDC59 #5979DC #BC59DC

monochromatic

#7B9A20 #A4CD2B #BBDC59 #D0E78C #E4F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BBDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#BBDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDC59

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDC59	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.161 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e78d',
    500: '#bbdc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdc59;
$custom-light: #d2e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.115,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84469,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDC59

secondary

#543B9E

accent

#18CD46

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDC59

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

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