#BBDD59#BBDD59

#BBDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.162 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDD59
RGB	rgb(187, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -30.03, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 66.69, 116.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0863 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.162 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1536, 62.9989, 19.0724)
Luminance	0.6300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDD59 #7B59DD

analogous

#DDBD59 #BBDD59 #79DD59

triadic

#BBDD59 #59BBDD #DD59BB

tetradic

#BBDD59 #59DDBD #7B59DD #DD5979

square

#BBDD59 #59DDBD #7B59DD #DD5979

split-complementary

#BBDD59 #5979DD #BD59DD

monochromatic

#7C9C20 #A4CF2A #BBDD59 #D0E78C #E5F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BBDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#BBDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDD59

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDD59	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.162 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e78d',
    500: '#bbdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdd59;
$custom-light: #d2e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84693,
    "c": 0.16227,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDD59

secondary

#553BA0

accent

#18CE47

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDD59

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

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