#BBE359#BBE359

#BBE359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.170 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE359
RGB	rgb(187, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -32.82, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 69.61, 118.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.094 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.17 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7661, 66.2239, 19.6099)
Luminance	0.6622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE359 #8159E3

analogous

#E3C659 #BBE359 #76E359

triadic

#BBE359 #59BBE3 #E359BB

tetradic

#BBE359 #59E3C6 #8159E3 #E35976

square

#BBE359 #59E3C6 #8159E3 #E35976

split-complementary

#BBE359 #5976E3 #C659E3

monochromatic

#7EA61C #A5DA25 #BBE359 #D0EC8D #E6F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#BBE359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#BBE359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE359

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE359	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	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)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.170 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec8d',
    500: '#bbe359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe359;
$custom-light: #d2ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.391,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86038,
    "c": 0.16976,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE359

secondary

#5938A8

accent

#12D34A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE359

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

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