#BBE559#BBE559

#BBE559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.172 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE559
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -33.75, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 70.58, 118.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.0966 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.172 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3163, 67.3243, 19.7933)
Luminance	0.6733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE559 #8359E5

analogous

#E5C959 #BBE559 #75E559

triadic

#BBE559 #59BBE5 #E559BB

tetradic

#BBE559 #59E5C9 #8359E5 #E55975

square

#BBE559 #59E5C9 #8359E5 #E55975

split-complementary

#BBE559 #5975E5 #C959E5

monochromatic

#7EA91A #A5DD24 #BBE559 #D1ED8E #E6F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#BBE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE559

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE559	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.172 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed8d',
    500: '#bbe559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe559;
$custom-light: #d2ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86487,
    "c": 0.17226,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE559

secondary

#5A37AB

accent

#10D54B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE559

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

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