#BBDD55#BBDD55

#BBDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.165 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDD55
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -30.34, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 68.30, 116.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0875 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.165 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9902, 62.9335, 18.2117)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDD55 #7755DD

analogous

#DDBB55 #BBDD55 #77DD55

triadic

#BBDD55 #55BBDD #DD55BB

tetradic

#BBDD55 #55DDBB #7755DD #DD5577

square

#BBDD55 #55DDBB #7755DD #DD5577

split-complementary

#BBDD55 #5577DD #BB55DD

monochromatic

#7A991F #A3CC29 #BBDD55 #CFE788 #E4F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BBDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#BBDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDD55

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDD55	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.165 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e78a',
    500: '#bbdd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdd55;
$custom-light: #d2e78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84654,
    "c": 0.16548,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDD55

secondary

#52399D

accent

#3EEA69

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDD55

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

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