#BBE253#BBE253

#BBE253 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.173 H 123.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE253
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(76, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -32.80, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 71.47, 117.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0945 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.173 123.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2517, 65.5818, 18.2458)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE253 #7A53E2

analogous

#E2C253 #BBE253 #73E253

triadic

#BBE253 #53BBE2 #E253BB

tetradic

#BBE253 #53E2C2 #7A53E2 #E25373

square

#BBE253 #53E2C2 #7A53E2 #E25373

split-complementary

#BBE253 #5373E2 #C253E2

monochromatic

#7BA01B #A4D424 #BBE253 #D0EB87 #E4F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BBE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#BBE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE253

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE253	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.173 123.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb8a',
    500: '#bbe253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe253;
$custom-light: #d2eb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85758,
    "c": 0.17315,
    "h": 123.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE253

secondary

#5437A3

accent

#12D347

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE253

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

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