#BBE55C#BBE55C

#BBE55C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.170 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE55C
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(78, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -33.51, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 69.39, 118.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0957 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.17 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4449, 67.3757, 20.4704)
Luminance	0.6738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE55C #865CE5

analogous

#E5CA5C #BBE55C #76E55C

triadic

#BBE55C #5CBBE5 #E55CBB

tetradic

#BBE55C #5CE5CA #865CE5 #E55C76

square

#BBE55C #5CE5CA #865CE5 #E55C76

split-complementary

#BBE55C #5C76E5 #CA5CE5

monochromatic

#7FAB1B #A5DD27 #BBE55C #D1ED91 #E7F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBE55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#BBE55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE55C

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE55C	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.170 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed8f',
    500: '#bbe55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe55c;
$custom-light: #d2ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.394,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86517,
    "c": 0.16987,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE55C

secondary

#5C38AD

accent

#11D54D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE55C

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

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