#BBE22D#BBE22D

#BBE22D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.195 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE22D
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 45)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(73, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 80.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -34.82, 76.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 83.71, 114.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.1031 0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.195 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1643, 65.1469, 12.5193)
Luminance	0.6515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE22D #542DE2

analogous

#E2AE2D #BBE22D #60E22D

triadic

#BBE22D #2DBBE2 #E22DBB

tetradic

#BBE22D #2DE2AE #542DE2 #E22D60

square

#BBE22D #2DE2AE #542DE2 #E22D60

split-complementary

#BBE22D #2D60E2 #AE2DE2

monochromatic

#6A8312 #96B819 #BBE22D #CCE963 #DEF199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BBE22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#BBE22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE22D

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE22D	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)

#F0D400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.195 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4eb77',
    500: '#bbe22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe22d;
$custom-light: #d4eb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.928,
    "s": 75.732,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85506,
    "c": 0.19535,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE22D

secondary

#3F2A89

accent

#35F25E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE22D

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

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