#BBE240#BBE240

#BBE240 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.186 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE240
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 64)
HSL	hsl(74, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(74, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -33.98, 70.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 78.24, 115.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0994 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.186 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6160, 65.3275, 14.8978)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE240 #6740E2

analogous

#E2B840 #BBE240 #6AE240

triadic

#BBE240 #40BBE2 #E240BB

tetradic

#BBE240 #40E2B8 #6740E2 #E2406A

square

#BBE240 #40E2B8 #6740E2 #E2406A

split-complementary

#BBE240 #406AE2 #B840E2

monochromatic

#749216 #9EC71E #BBE240 #CEEA75 #E1F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BBE240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#BBE240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE240

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE240	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.186 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb7f',
    500: '#bbe240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe240;
$custom-light: #d3eb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.444,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85611,
    "c": 0.18584,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE240

secondary

#493096

accent

#38F064

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE240

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

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