#BBE55D#BBE55D

#BBE55D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.169 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE55D
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(79, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -33.43, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 68.99, 118.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0954 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.169 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4889, 67.3933, 20.7021)
Luminance	0.6739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE55D #875DE5

analogous

#E5CB5D #BBE55D #77E55D

triadic

#BBE55D #5DBBE5 #E55DBB

tetradic

#BBE55D #5DE5CB #875DE5 #E55D77

square

#BBE55D #5DE5CB #875DE5 #E55D77

split-complementary

#BBE55D #5D77E5 #CB5DE5

monochromatic

#7FAC1C #A5DD28 #BBE55D #D1ED92 #E7F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#BBE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE55D

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE55D	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)

#F1D84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.169 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed90',
    500: '#bbe55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe55d;
$custom-light: #d2ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.529,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86527,
    "c": 0.16906,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE55D

secondary

#5D39AD

accent

#11D44D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE55D

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

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