#BBE256#BBE256

#BBE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.171 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE256
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -32.59, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 70.31, 117.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0937 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.171 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3700, 65.6291, 18.8690)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE256 #7D56E2

analogous

#E2C356 #BBE256 #75E256

triadic

#BBE256 #56BBE2 #E256BB

tetradic

#BBE256 #56E2C3 #7D56E2 #E25675

square

#BBE256 #56E2C3 #7D56E2 #E25675

split-complementary

#BBE256 #5675E2 #C356E2

monochromatic

#7CA21C #A5D625 #BBE256 #D0EB8A #E5F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BBE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#BBE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE256

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE256	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.171 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb8b',
    500: '#bbe256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe256;
$custom-light: #d2eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85785,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE256

secondary

#5638A5

accent

#13D348

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE256

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

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