#BBDD42#BBDD42

#BBDD42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.179 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDD42
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(73, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -31.56, 68.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 75.35, 114.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0926 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.179 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3341, 62.6711, 14.7563)
Luminance	0.6267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDD42 #6442DD

analogous

#DDB242 #BBDD42 #6EDD42

triadic

#BBDD42 #42BBDD #DD42BB

tetradic

#BBDD42 #42DDB2 #6442DD #DD426E

square

#BBDD42 #42DDB2 #6442DD #DD426E

split-complementary

#BBDD42 #426EDD #B242DD

monochromatic

#728C19 #9DBF22 #BBDD42 #CEE676 #E0F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BBDD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#BBDD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDD42

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDD42	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.179 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e780',
    500: '#bbdd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdd42;
$custom-light: #d3e780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.161,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84499,
    "c": 0.17884,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDD42

secondary

#473291

accent

#3BEC62

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDD42

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

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