#BBE049#BBE049

#BBE049 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.178 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE049
RGB	rgb(187, 224, 73)
HSL	hsl(75, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(75, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -32.54, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 74.26, 115.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0947 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.178 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3524, 64.3570, 16.1769)
Luminance	0.6436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE049 #6E49E0

analogous

#E0B949 #BBE049 #6FE049

triadic

#BBE049 #49BBE0 #E049BB

tetradic

#BBE049 #49E0B9 #6E49E0 #E0496F

square

#BBE049 #49E0B9 #6E49E0 #E0496F

split-complementary

#BBE049 #496FE0 #B949E0

monochromatic

#779519 #A1C922 #BBE049 #CFE97D #E2F2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BBE049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#BBE049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE049

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE049	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 224, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.178 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e984',
    500: '#bbe049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe049;
$custom-light: #d3e984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.702,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85225,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE049

secondary

#4D349A

accent

#3AEE66

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE049

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

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