#BBE859#BBE859

#BBE859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.176 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE859
RGB	rgb(187, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -35.12, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 72.04, 119.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.1004 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.176 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1536, 68.9988, 20.0724)
Luminance	0.6900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE859 #8659E8

analogous

#E8CD59 #BBE859 #73E859

triadic

#BBE859 #59BBE8 #E859BB

tetradic

#BBE859 #59E8CD #8659E8 #E85973

square

#BBE859 #59E8CD #8659E8 #E85973

split-complementary

#BBE859 #5973E8 #CD59E8

monochromatic

#7FAE18 #A5E123 #BBE859 #D1EF8F #E7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BBE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#BBE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE859

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE859	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.176 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ef8e',
    500: '#bbe859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe859;
$custom-light: #d2ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.881,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87162,
    "c": 0.176,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE859

secondary

#5C36AF

accent

#0ED84D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE859

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

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