#BBE237#BBE237

#BBE237 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.191 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE237
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 55)
HSL	hsl(74, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -34.42, 73.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 81.02, 115.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.1013 0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.191 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3802, 65.2332, 13.6562)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE237 #5E37E2

analogous

#E2B337 #BBE237 #66E237

triadic

#BBE237 #37BBE2 #E237BB

tetradic

#BBE237 #37E2B3 #5E37E2 #E23766

square

#BBE237 #37E2B3 #5E37E2 #E23766

split-complementary

#BBE237 #3766E2 #B337E2

monochromatic

#708B14 #9BC01C #BBE237 #CDEA6C #DFF2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BBE237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#BBE237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE237

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE237	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.191 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4eb7b',
    500: '#bbe237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe237;
$custom-light: #d4eb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.684,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85556,
    "c": 0.19075,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE237

secondary

#442D90

accent

#37F161

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE237

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

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