#BBE038#BBE038

#BBE038 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.188 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE038
RGB	rgb(187, 224, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(73, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 75%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -33.45, 72.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 79.86, 114.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0986 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.188 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8638, 64.1616, 13.6035)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE038 #5D38E0

analogous

#E0B138 #BBE038 #67E038

triadic

#BBE038 #38BBE0 #E038BB

tetradic

#BBE038 #38E0B1 #5D38E0 #E03867

square

#BBE038 #38E0B1 #5D38E0 #E03867

split-complementary

#BBE038 #3867E0 #B138E0

monochromatic

#6F8815 #9ABD1D #BBE038 #CDE86D #DFF0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BBE038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#BBE038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE038

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE038	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED20C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 224, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.188 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e97b',
    500: '#bbe038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe038;
$custom-light: #d3e97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.214,
    "s": 73.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8511,
    "c": 0.18798,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE038

secondary

#432E8E

accent

#38F061

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE038

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

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