#BBE86D#BBE86D

#BBE86D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.159 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE86D
RGB	rgb(187, 232, 109)
HSL	hsl(82, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(82, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 0%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -33.41, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 63.85, 121.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.38% -0.0939 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(87.38% 0.159 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1104, 69.3815, 25.1116)
Luminance	0.6938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.42

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE86D #9A6DE8

analogous

#E8D76D #BBE86D #7EE86D

triadic

#BBE86D #6DBBE8 #E86DBB

tetradic

#BBE86D #6DE8D7 #9A6DE8 #E86D7E

square

#BBE86D #6DE8D7 #9A6DE8 #E86D7E

split-complementary

#BBE86D #6D7EE8 #D76DE8

monochromatic

#83BD1E #A2E038 #BBE86D #D4F0A2 #ECF9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BBE86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#BBE86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE86D

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE86D	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1DFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 232, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.159 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ef9a',
    500: '#bbe86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe86d;
$custom-light: #d2ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.951,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87376,
    "c": 0.15911,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE86D

secondary

#6C3DBC

accent

#11D558

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160E

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE86D

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

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