#BBDD57#BBDD57

#BBDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.164 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDD57
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -30.19, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 67.50, 116.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0869 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.164 122)
XYZ	xyz(48.0707, 62.9657, 18.6361)
Luminance	0.6297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDD57 #7957DD

analogous

#DDBC57 #BBDD57 #78DD57

triadic

#BBDD57 #57BBDD #DD57BB

tetradic

#BBDD57 #57DDBC #7957DD #DD5778

square

#BBDD57 #57DDBC #7957DD #DD5778

split-complementary

#BBDD57 #5778DD #BC57DD

monochromatic

#7B9A1F #A4CD2A #BBDD57 #D0E78A #E4F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BBDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#BBDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDD57

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDD57	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	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)

#E9D147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.164 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e78c',
    500: '#bbdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdd57;
$custom-light: #d2e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.224,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84674,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.62966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDD57

secondary

#533A9E

accent

#17CE46

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDD57

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →