#BBE228#BBE228

#BBE228 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.197 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE228
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 40)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(73, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 82.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -34.99, 77.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 84.89, 114.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.1039 0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.197 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0737, 65.1106, 12.0421)
Luminance	0.6511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE228 #4F28E2

analogous

#E2AC28 #BBE228 #5EE228

triadic

#BBE228 #28BBE2 #E228BB

tetradic

#BBE228 #28E2AC #4F28E2 #E2285E

square

#BBE228 #28E2AC #4F28E2 #E2285E

split-complementary

#BBE228 #285EE2 #AC28E2

monochromatic

#687F11 #94B418 #BBE228 #CCE95E #DDF194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BBE228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#BBE228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE228

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE228	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.197 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4eb75',
    500: '#bbe228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe228;
$custom-light: #d4eb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.581,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85485,
    "c": 0.19731,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE228

secondary

#3C2986

accent

#35F35D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151609

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE228

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

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