#BBE85B#BBE85B

#BBE85B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.174 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE85B
RGB	rgb(187, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(79, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -34.96, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 71.26, 119.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0998 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.174 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2387, 69.0329, 20.5207)
Luminance	0.6903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE85B #885BE8

analogous

#E8CE5B #BBE85B #74E85B

triadic

#BBE85B #5BBBE8 #E85BBB

tetradic

#BBE85B #5BE8CE #885BE8 #E85B74

square

#BBE85B #5BE8CE #885BE8 #E85B74

split-complementary

#BBE85B #5B74E8 #CE5BE8

monochromatic

#80B019 #A5E025 #BBE85B #D1F091 #E8F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BBE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#BBE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE85B

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE85B	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.174 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ef8f',
    500: '#bbe85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe85b;
$custom-light: #d2ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.149,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87181,
    "c": 0.17445,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE85B

secondary

#5E37B1

accent

#0ED84E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE85B

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

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