#BBE957#BBE957

#BBE957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.179 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE957
RGB	rgb(187, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -35.72, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 73.30, 119.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.1023 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.179 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3530, 69.5302, 19.7302)
Luminance	0.6953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE957 #8557E9

analogous

#E9CE57 #BBE957 #72E957

triadic

#BBE957 #57BBE9 #E957BB

tetradic

#BBE957 #57E9CE #8557E9 #E95772

square

#BBE957 #57E9CE #8557E9 #E95772

split-complementary

#BBE957 #5772E9 #CE57E9

monochromatic

#7FAF17 #A5E221 #BBE957 #D1F08D #E7F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BBE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#BBE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE957

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE957	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.179 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3f08c',
    500: '#bbe957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe957;
$custom-light: #d3f08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.904,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87369,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE957

secondary

#5B35AF

accent

#0CD94D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE957

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

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