#BBE242#BBE242

#BBE242 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.185 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE242
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 66)
HSL	hsl(75, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -33.87, 69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 77.58, 115.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.099 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.185 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6739, 65.3507, 15.2029)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE242 #6942E2

analogous

#E2B942 #BBE242 #6BE242

triadic

#BBE242 #42BBE2 #E242BB

tetradic

#BBE242 #42E2B9 #6942E2 #E2426B

square

#BBE242 #42E2B9 #6942E2 #E2426B

split-complementary

#BBE242 #426BE2 #B942E2

monochromatic

#759317 #9FC81F #BBE242 #CEEA77 #E1F2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BBE242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#BBE242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE242

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE242	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)

#EFD425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.185 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb80',
    500: '#bbe242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe242;
$custom-light: #d3eb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85624,
    "c": 0.18466,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE242

secondary

#4A3198

accent

#38F065

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE242

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

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