#BBDE57#BBDE57

#BBDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.165 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDE57
RGB	rgb(187, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(76, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -30.65, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 67.98, 116.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0882 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.165 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3356, 63.4954, 18.7244)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDE57 #7A57DE

analogous

#DEBE57 #BBDE57 #77DE57

triadic

#BBDE57 #57BBDE #DE57BB

tetradic

#BBDE57 #57DEBE #7A57DE #DE5777

square

#BBDE57 #57DEBE #7A57DE #DE5777

split-complementary

#BBDE57 #5777DE #BE57DE

monochromatic

#7B9C1F #A4CF29 #BBDE57 #D0E88A #E4F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BBDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#BBDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDE57

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDE57	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbde57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.165 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e88c',
    500: '#bbde57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbde57;
$custom-light: #d2e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbde57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84897,
    "c": 0.16513,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDE57

secondary

#543AA0

accent

#16CF46

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDE57

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

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