#BBE591#BBE591

#BBE591 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.118 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE591
RGB	rgb(187, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(90, 62%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(90, 37%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 36.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -27.92, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 46.04, 127.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0763 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.118 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6228, 68.6469, 37.2076)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE591 #BB91E5

analogous

#E5E591 #BBE591 #91E591

triadic

#BBE591 #91BBE5 #E591BB

tetradic

#BBE591 #91E5E5 #BB91E5 #E59191

square

#BBE591 #91E5E5 #BB91E5 #E59191

split-complementary

#BBE591 #9191E5 #E591E5

monochromatic

#7ECB30 #9CD95F #BBE591 #DAF1C2 #F0F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#BBE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#BBE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE591

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE591	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEDED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.118 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0edb2',
    500: '#bbe591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe591;
$custom-light: #d0edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87235,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE591

secondary

#8D5CBE

accent

#1CC973

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFDF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE591

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

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