#BBE55A#BBE55A

#BBE55A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.171 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE55A
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(78, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -33.67, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 70.19, 118.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0963 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.171 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3586, 67.3412, 20.0160)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE55A #845AE5

analogous

#E5C95A #BBE55A #76E55A

triadic

#BBE55A #5ABBE5 #E55ABB

tetradic

#BBE55A #5AE5C9 #845AE5 #E55A76

square

#BBE55A #5AE5C9 #845AE5 #E55A76

split-complementary

#BBE55A #5A76E5 #C95AE5

monochromatic

#7FAA1B #A5DD25 #BBE55A #D1ED8F #E7F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBE55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#BBE55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE55A

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE55A	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)

#F1D84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.171 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed8e',
    500: '#bbe55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe55a;
$custom-light: #d2ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.129,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86497,
    "c": 0.17147,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE55A

secondary

#5B38AB

accent

#11D54C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE55A

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

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