#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
RGBrgb(187, 227, 89)
HSLhsl(77, 71%, 62%)
HSVhsv(77, 61%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(17.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(85.11, -32.82, 61.38)
CIE-LCHlch(85.11, 69.61, 118.14°)
OKLaboklab(86.04% -0.094 0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(86.04% 0.17 123.6)
XYZxyz(49.7661, 66.2239, 19.6099)
Luminance0.6622 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BBE3591.001.4714.2414.24
#FFFFFF1.471.0021.0021.00
#00000014.2421.001.001.00
##00000014.2421.001.001.00

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

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#BBE359 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva