#BBE261#BBE261

#BBE261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.162 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE261
RGB	rgb(187, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(78, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -31.72, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 65.86, 118.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0902 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.162 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8478, 65.8203, 21.3854)
Luminance	0.6582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE261 #8861E2

analogous

#E2C961 #BBE261 #7AE261

triadic

#BBE261 #61BBE2 #E261BB

tetradic

#BBE261 #61E2C9 #8861E2 #E2617A

square

#BBE261 #61E2C9 #8861E2 #E2617A

split-complementary

#BBE261 #617AE2 #C961E2

monochromatic

#80A91F #A5D92D #BBE261 #D1EB95 #E8F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BBE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#BBE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE261

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE261	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.162 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2eb92',
    500: '#bbe261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe261;
$custom-light: #d2eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.14,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85895,
    "c": 0.1619,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE261

secondary

#5E3CAB

accent

#15D14E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE261

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

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