#BBE857#BBE857

#BBE857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.178 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE857
RGB	rgb(187, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -35.27, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 72.82, 118.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.101 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.178 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0707, 68.9657, 19.6361)
Luminance	0.6897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE857 #8457E8

analogous

#E8CD57 #BBE857 #72E857

triadic

#BBE857 #57BBE8 #E857BB

tetradic

#BBE857 #57E8CD #8457E8 #E85772

square

#BBE857 #57E8CD #8457E8 #E85772

split-complementary

#BBE857 #5772E8 #CD57E8

monochromatic

#7FAD18 #A5E121 #BBE857 #D1EF8D #E7F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BBE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#BBE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE857

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE857	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)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.178 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ef8c',
    500: '#bbe857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe857;
$custom-light: #d3ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.621,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87144,
    "c": 0.17753,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE857

secondary

#5B35AE

accent

#0DD84C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE857

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

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