#BBE659#BBE659

#BBE659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.173 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE659
RGB	rgb(187, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -34.20, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 71.07, 118.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0979 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.174 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5938, 67.8793, 19.8858)
Luminance	0.6788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE659 #8459E6

analogous

#E6CB59 #BBE659 #74E659

triadic

#BBE659 #59BBE6 #E659BB

tetradic

#BBE659 #59E6CB #8459E6 #E65974

square

#BBE659 #59E6CB #8459E6 #E65974

split-complementary

#BBE659 #5974E6 #CB59E6

monochromatic

#7FAB1A #A5DE24 #BBE659 #D1EE8E #E7F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#BBE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#BBE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE659

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE659	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.173 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ee8d',
    500: '#bbe659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe659;
$custom-light: #d2ee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.298,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86712,
    "c": 0.1735,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE659

secondary

#5B37AC

accent

#10D64C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE659

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

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