#BBE759#BBE759

#BBE759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.175 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE759
RGB	rgb(187, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -34.66, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 71.56, 118.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.0991 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.175 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8729, 68.4374, 19.9788)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE759 #8559E7

analogous

#E7CC59 #BBE759 #74E759

triadic

#BBE759 #59BBE7 #E759BB

tetradic

#BBE759 #59E7CC #8559E7 #E75974

square

#BBE759 #59E7CC #8559E7 #E75974

split-complementary

#BBE759 #5974E7 #CC59E7

monochromatic

#7FAD19 #A5DF24 #BBE759 #D1EF8E #E7F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#BBE759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#BBE759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE759

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE759	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.175 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ee8e',
    500: '#bbe759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe759;
$custom-light: #d2ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.592,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86937,
    "c": 0.17476,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE759

secondary

#5B36AE

accent

#0FD74D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE759

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

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