#BBE557#BBE557

#BBE557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.174 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE557
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(78, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -33.90, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 71.37, 118.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0972 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.174 124)
XYZ	xyz(50.2335, 67.2912, 19.3570)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE557 #8157E5

analogous

#E5C857 #BBE557 #74E557

triadic

#BBE557 #57BBE5 #E557BB

tetradic

#BBE557 #57E5C8 #8157E5 #E55774

square

#BBE557 #57E5C8 #8157E5 #E55774

split-complementary

#BBE557 #5774E5 #C857E5

monochromatic

#7EA81A #A5DD22 #BBE557 #D0ED8C #E6F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#BBE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE557

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE557	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.174 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed8c',
    500: '#bbe557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe557;
$custom-light: #d2ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.746,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86469,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.67292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE557

secondary

#5937AA

accent

#10D54A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE557

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

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