#BBE03B#BBE03B

#BBE03B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.186 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE03B
RGB	rgb(187, 224, 59)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(73, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 73.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -33.31, 71.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 78.95, 114.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.098 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.186 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9393, 64.1918, 14.0015)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE03B #603BE0

analogous

#E0B33B #BBE03B #68E03B

triadic

#BBE03B #3BBBE0 #E03BBB

tetradic

#BBE03B #3BE0B3 #603BE0 #E03B68

square

#BBE03B #3BE0B3 #603BE0 #E03B68

split-complementary

#BBE03B #3B68E0 #B33BE0

monochromatic

#708B16 #9BC01E #BBE03B #CDE870 #E0F1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BBE03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#BBE03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE03B

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE03B	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 224, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.186 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e97d',
    500: '#bbe03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe03b;
$custom-light: #d3e97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.455,
    "s": 72.687,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85128,
    "c": 0.18637,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE03B

secondary

#452F90

accent

#38EF61

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE03B

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

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