#BBE059#BBE059

#BBE059 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.166 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE059
RGB	rgb(187, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -31.43, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 68.15, 117.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0902 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.166 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9527, 64.5972, 19.3388)
Luminance	0.6460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE059 #7E59E0

analogous

#E0C159 #BBE059 #78E059

triadic

#BBE059 #59BBE0 #E059BB

tetradic

#BBE059 #59E0C1 #7E59E0 #E05978

square

#BBE059 #59E0C1 #7E59E0 #E05978

split-complementary

#BBE059 #5978E0 #C159E0

monochromatic

#7DA11E #A5D428 #BBE059 #D0EA8D #E5F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#BBE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#BBE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE059

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE059	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.166 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e98d',
    500: '#bbe059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe059;
$custom-light: #d2e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.444,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85365,
    "c": 0.16601,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE059

secondary

#573AA4

accent

#15D048

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE059

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

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