#BBE249#BBE249

#BBE249 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.180 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE249
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(75, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(75, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -33.46, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 75.18, 116.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.0973 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.18 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8930, 65.4384, 16.3571)
Luminance	0.6544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE249 #7049E2

analogous

#E2BC49 #BBE249 #6EE249

triadic

#BBE249 #49BBE2 #E249BB

tetradic

#BBE249 #49E2BC #7049E2 #E2496E

square

#BBE249 #49E2BC #7049E2 #E2496E

split-complementary

#BBE249 #496EE2 #BC49E2

monochromatic

#789818 #A1CD21 #BBE249 #CFEA7E #E2F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BBE249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#BBE249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE249

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE249	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.180 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb84',
    500: '#bbe249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe249;
$custom-light: #d3eb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.294,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85675,
    "c": 0.18022,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE249

secondary

#4E339C

accent

#39EF67

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE249

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

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