#BBE042#BBE042

#BBE042 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.182 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE042
RGB	rgb(187, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -32.95, 69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 76.69, 115.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0964 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.182 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1332, 64.2694, 15.0227)
Luminance	0.6427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE042 #6742E0

analogous

#E0B642 #BBE042 #6CE042

triadic

#BBE042 #42BBE0 #E042BB

tetradic

#BBE042 #42E0B6 #6742E0 #E0426C

square

#BBE042 #42E0B6 #6742E0 #E0426C

split-complementary

#BBE042 #426CE0 #B642E0

monochromatic

#749018 #9EC520 #BBE042 #CEE977 #E1F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BBE042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#BBE042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE042

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE042	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)

#EDD326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.182 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e980',
    500: '#bbe042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe042;
$custom-light: #d3e980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.051,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85174,
    "c": 0.18233,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE042

secondary

#493195

accent

#39EF64

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE042

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

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