#BBDF59#BBDF59

#BBDF59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.165 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBDF59
RGB	rgb(187, 223, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 0%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -30.97, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 67.66, 117.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0889 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.165 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6848, 64.0613, 19.2495)
Luminance	0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBDF59 #7D59DF

analogous

#DFC059 #BBDF59 #78DF59

triadic

#BBDF59 #59BBDF #DF59BB

tetradic

#BBDF59 #59DFC0 #7D59DF #DF5978

square

#BBDF59 #59DFC0 #7D59DF #DF5978

split-complementary

#BBDF59 #5978DF #C059DF

monochromatic

#7C9F1F #A5D229 #BBDF59 #D0E98C #E5F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BBDF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#BBDF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBDF59

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBDF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBDF59	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbdf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.165 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e98d',
    500: '#bbdf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbdf59;
$custom-light: #d2e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbdf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.119,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85141,
    "c": 0.16476,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBDF59

secondary

#563AA2

accent

#16D048

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBDF59

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

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