#BBE489#BBE489

#BBE489 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.126 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE489
RGB	rgb(187, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(87, 63%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 40%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 39.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -28.47, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 49.17, 125.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0782 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.126 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7517, 67.8570, 33.9806)
Luminance	0.6786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE489 #B289E4

analogous

#E4E089 #BBE489 #8EE489

triadic

#BBE489 #89BBE4 #E489BB

tetradic

#BBE489 #89E4E0 #B289E4 #E4898E

square

#BBE489 #89E4E0 #B289E4 #E4898E

split-complementary

#BBE489 #898EE4 #E089E4

monochromatic

#81C52D #9ED957 #BBE489 #D8EFBB #F1F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BBE489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#BBE489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE489

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE489	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.126 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ecac',
    500: '#bbe489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe489;
$custom-light: #d1ecac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.033,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86879,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE489

secondary

#8355BD

accent

#1BCB6A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141610

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE489

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

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