#BBDD56#BBDD56

#BBDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.165 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDD56
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -30.26, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 67.90, 116.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0872 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.165 122)
XYZ	xyz(48.0302, 62.9495, 18.4224)
Luminance	0.6295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDD56 #7856DD

analogous

#DDBB56 #BBDD56 #78DD56

triadic

#BBDD56 #56BBDD #DD56BB

tetradic

#BBDD56 #56DDBB #7856DD #DD5678

square

#BBDD56 #56DDBB #7856DD #DD5678

split-complementary

#BBDD56 #5678DD #BB56DD

monochromatic

#7B9A1F #A3CD29 #BBDD56 #D0E789 #E4F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BBDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#BBDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDD56

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDD56	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)

#E9D146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.165 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e78b',
    500: '#bbdd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdd56;
$custom-light: #d2e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84664,
    "c": 0.16468,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.6295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDD56

secondary

#533A9E

accent

#17CE45

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDD56

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

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