#BBE456#BBE456

#BBE456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.173 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE456
RGB	rgb(187, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -33.51, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 71.27, 118.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0962 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.173 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9170, 66.7232, 19.0514)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE456 #7F56E4

analogous

#E4C656 #BBE456 #74E456

triadic

#BBE456 #56BBE4 #E456BB

tetradic

#BBE456 #56E4C6 #7F56E4 #E45674

square

#BBE456 #56E4C6 #7F56E4 #E45674

split-complementary

#BBE456 #5674E4 #C656E4

monochromatic

#7DA51A #A5DA23 #BBE456 #D0EC8B #E5F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BBE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#BBE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE456

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE456	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.173 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec8c',
    500: '#bbe456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe456;
$custom-light: #d2ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.324,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86235,
    "c": 0.17334,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE456

secondary

#5737A7

accent

#11D549

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE456

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

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