#BBE561#BBE561

#BBE561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.166 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE561
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(79, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(79, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -33.11, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 67.36, 119.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0941 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.166 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6707, 67.4661, 21.6597)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE561 #8B61E5

analogous

#E5CD61 #BBE561 #79E561

triadic

#BBE561 #61BBE5 #E561BB

tetradic

#BBE561 #61E5CD #8B61E5 #E56179

square

#BBE561 #61E5CD #8B61E5 #E56179

split-complementary

#BBE561 #6179E5 #CD61E5

monochromatic

#80AF1D #A4DC2C #BBE561 #D2EE96 #E8F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#BBE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#BBE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE561

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE561	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2DBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.166 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ed92',
    500: '#bbe561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe561;
$custom-light: #d2ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86568,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE561

secondary

#603AB0

accent

#12D44F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE561

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

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