#BBE855#BBE855

#BBE855 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.179 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE855
RGB	rgb(187, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(78, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -35.41, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 73.58, 118.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.1016 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.179 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9901, 68.9334, 19.2117)
Luminance	0.6893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE855 #8255E8

analogous

#E8CB55 #BBE855 #72E855

triadic

#BBE855 #55BBE8 #E855BB

tetradic

#BBE855 #55E8CB #8255E8 #E85572

square

#BBE855 #55E8CB #8255E8 #E85572

split-complementary

#BBE855 #5572E8 #CB55E8

monochromatic

#7EAB17 #A5E11F #BBE855 #D1EF8B #E6F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BBE855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#BBE855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE855

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE855	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.179 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ef8b',
    500: '#bbe855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe855;
$custom-light: #d3ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.367,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87126,
    "c": 0.17903,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE855

secondary

#5935AD

accent

#0DD84B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE855

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

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