#BBE159#BBE159

#BBE159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.167 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE159
RGB	rgb(187, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(77, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -31.90, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 68.64, 117.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0915 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.167 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2223, 65.1363, 19.4287)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE159 #7F59E1

analogous

#E1C359 #BBE159 #77E159

triadic

#BBE159 #59BBE1 #E159BB

tetradic

#BBE159 #59E1C3 #7F59E1 #E15977

square

#BBE159 #59E1C3 #7F59E1 #E15977

split-complementary

#BBE159 #5977E1 #C359E1

monochromatic

#7DA21D #A5D627 #BBE159 #D0EA8D #E5F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BBE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#BBE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE159

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE159	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.167 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ea8d',
    500: '#bbe159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe159;
$custom-light: #d2ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.765,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85589,
    "c": 0.16726,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE159

secondary

#5739A5

accent

#14D149

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE159

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

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