#BBE459#BBE459

#BBE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.171 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE459
RGB	rgb(187, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -33.29, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 70.09, 118.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0953 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.171 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0404, 66.7725, 19.7014)
Luminance	0.6677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE459 #8259E4

analogous

#E4C859 #BBE459 #75E459

triadic

#BBE459 #59BBE4 #E459BB

tetradic

#BBE459 #59E4C8 #8259E4 #E45975

square

#BBE459 #59E4C8 #8259E4 #E45975

split-complementary

#BBE459 #5975E4 #C859E4

monochromatic

#7EA71B #A5DB24 #BBE459 #D1ED8E #E6F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BBE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#BBE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE459

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE459	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)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.171 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ec8d',
    500: '#bbe459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe459;
$custom-light: #d2ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.698,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86263,
    "c": 0.17101,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE459

secondary

#5938A9

accent

#11D44B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE459

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

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