#BBE259#BBE259

#BBE259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.169 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE259
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -32.36, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 69.12, 117.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0928 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.169 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4934, 65.6785, 19.5190)
Luminance	0.6568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE259 #8059E2

analogous

#E2C459 #BBE259 #77E259

triadic

#BBE259 #59BBE2 #E259BB

tetradic

#BBE259 #59E2C4 #8059E2 #E25977

square

#BBE259 #59E2C4 #8059E2 #E25977

split-complementary

#BBE259 #5977E2 #C459E2

monochromatic

#7DA41D #A5D826 #BBE259 #D0EB8D #E6F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BBE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#BBE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE259

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE259	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.169 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb8d',
    500: '#bbe259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe259;
$custom-light: #d2eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.08,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85814,
    "c": 0.16851,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE259

secondary

#5839A6

accent

#13D24A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE259

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

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