#BBE55B#BBE55B

#BBE55B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; 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	#BBE55B
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(78, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -33.59, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 69.79, 118.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.096 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.171 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4014, 67.3584, 20.2417)
Luminance	0.6736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE55B #855BE5

analogous

#E5CA5B #BBE55B #76E55B

triadic

#BBE55B #5BBBE5 #E55BBB

tetradic

#BBE55B #5BE5CA #855BE5 #E55B76

square

#BBE55B #5BE5CA #855BE5 #E55B76

split-complementary

#BBE55B #5B76E5 #CA5BE5

monochromatic

#7FAB1B #A5DD26 #BBE55B #D1ED90 #E7F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBE55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#BBE55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE55B

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE55B	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)

#F1D84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.171 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed8f',
    500: '#bbe55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe55b;
$custom-light: #d2ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.261,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86507,
    "c": 0.17068,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE55B

secondary

#5B38AC

accent

#11D54C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE55B

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

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