#BBE457#BBE457

#BBE457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.173 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE457
RGB	rgb(187, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(77, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -33.44, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 70.88, 118.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0959 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.173 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9576, 66.7394, 19.2651)
Luminance	0.6674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE457 #8057E4

analogous

#E4C757 #BBE457 #75E457

triadic

#BBE457 #57BBE4 #E457BB

tetradic

#BBE457 #57E4C7 #8057E4 #E45775

square

#BBE457 #57E4C7 #8057E4 #E45775

split-complementary

#BBE457 #5775E4 #C757E4

monochromatic

#7DA61B #A5DB23 #BBE457 #D0EC8C #E6F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BBE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#BBE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE457

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE457	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.173 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec8c',
    500: '#bbe457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe457;
$custom-light: #d2ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.447,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86244,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE457

secondary

#5837A8

accent

#11D44A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE457

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

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