#BBE356#BBE356

#BBE356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.172 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE356
RGB	rgb(187, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -33.05, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 70.79, 117.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.095 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.172 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6427, 66.1746, 18.9599)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE356 #7E56E3

analogous

#E3C556 #BBE356 #75E356

triadic

#BBE356 #56BBE3 #E356BB

tetradic

#BBE356 #56E3C5 #7E56E3 #E35675

square

#BBE356 #56E3C5 #7E56E3 #E35675

split-complementary

#BBE356 #5675E3 #C556E3

monochromatic

#7DA41B #A5D824 #BBE356 #D0EC8B #E5F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BBE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#BBE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE356

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE356	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.172 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec8b',
    500: '#bbe356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe356;
$custom-light: #d2ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.021,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8601,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE356

secondary

#5737A6

accent

#12D449

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE356

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

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