#BBE040#BBE040

#BBE040 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.184 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE040
RGB	rgb(187, 224, 64)
HSL	hsl(74, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -33.06, 69.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 77.35, 115.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0969 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.184 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0753, 64.2462, 14.7175)
Luminance	0.6425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE040 #6540E0

analogous

#E0B540 #BBE040 #6BE040

triadic

#BBE040 #40BBE0 #E040BB

tetradic

#BBE040 #40E0B5 #6540E0 #E0406B

square

#BBE040 #40E0B5 #6540E0 #E0406B

split-complementary

#BBE040 #406BE0 #B540E0

monochromatic

#738E17 #9DC320 #BBE040 #CEE975 #E0F1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BBE040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#BBE040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE040

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE040	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 224, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.184 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e97f',
    500: '#bbe040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe040;
$custom-light: #d3e97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.875,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8516,
    "c": 0.18353,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE040

secondary

#473194

accent

#39EF63

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE040

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

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