#BBE55E#BBE55E

#BBE55E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.168 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE55E
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(79, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -33.35, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 68.58, 119.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0951 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.168 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5334, 67.4112, 20.9369)
Luminance	0.6741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE55E #885EE5

analogous

#E5CC5E #BBE55E #77E55E

triadic

#BBE55E #5EBBE5 #E55EBB

tetradic

#BBE55E #5EE5CC #885EE5 #E55E77

square

#BBE55E #5EE5CC #885EE5 #E55E77

split-complementary

#BBE55E #5E77E5 #CC5EE5

monochromatic

#80AD1C #A5DC29 #BBE55E #D1EE93 #E8F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#BBE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE55E

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE55E	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)

#F1D84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.168 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed90',
    500: '#bbe55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe55e;
$custom-light: #d2ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.667,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86537,
    "c": 0.16825,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE55E

secondary

#5E39AE

accent

#11D44E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE55E

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

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