#BBE955#BBE955

#BBE955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.180 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE955
RGB	rgb(187, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(79, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(79, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.75, -35.87, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.75, 74.06, 118.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.1028 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.18 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2724, 69.4980, 19.3058)
Luminance	0.6950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE955 #8355E9

analogous

#E9CD55 #BBE955 #71E955

triadic

#BBE955 #55BBE9 #E955BB

tetradic

#BBE955 #55E9CD #8355E9 #E95571

square

#BBE955 #55E9CD #8355E9 #E95571

split-complementary

#BBE955 #5571E9 #CD55E9

monochromatic

#7EAD16 #A5E21F #BBE955 #D1F08B #E6F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BBE955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#BBE955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE955

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE955	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.180 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3f08b',
    500: '#bbe955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe955;
$custom-light: #d3f08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.649,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87351,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE955

secondary

#5A34AE

accent

#0CD94C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE955

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

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