#BBE85A#BBE85A

#BBE85A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.175 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE85A
RGB	rgb(187, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(79, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -35.04, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 71.65, 119.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.1001 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.175 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1958, 69.0157, 20.2951)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE85A #875AE8

analogous

#E8CE5A #BBE85A #74E85A

triadic

#BBE85A #5ABBE8 #E85ABB

tetradic

#BBE85A #5AE8CE #875AE8 #E85A74

square

#BBE85A #5AE8CE #875AE8 #E85A74

split-complementary

#BBE85A #5A74E8 #CE5AE8

monochromatic

#7FAF18 #A5E124 #BBE85A #D1EF90 #E7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BBE85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#BBE85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE85A

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE85A	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)

#F4DA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.175 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ef8e',
    500: '#bbe85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe85a;
$custom-light: #d2ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.014,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87172,
    "c": 0.17522,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE85A

secondary

#5D36B0

accent

#0ED84E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE85A

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

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