#BBDE59#BBDE59

#BBDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.164 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDE59
RGB	rgb(187, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -30.50, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 67.18, 117.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0876 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.164 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4184, 63.5285, 19.1607)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDE59 #7C59DE

analogous

#DEBE59 #BBDE59 #78DE59

triadic

#BBDE59 #59BBDE #DE59BB

tetradic

#BBDE59 #59DEBE #7C59DE #DE5978

square

#BBDE59 #59DEBE #7C59DE #DE5978

split-complementary

#BBDE59 #5978DE #BE59DE

monochromatic

#7C9D1F #A4D029 #BBDE59 #D0E88C #E5F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BBDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#BBDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDE59

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDE59	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbde59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.164 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e88d',
    500: '#bbde59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbde59;
$custom-light: #d2e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbde59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.789,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84917,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDE59

secondary

#553AA1

accent

#17CF47

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDE59

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

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