#BBE959#BBE959

#BBE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.177 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE959
RGB	rgb(187, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -35.57, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 72.53, 119.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.1017 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.177 125)
XYZ	xyz(51.4358, 69.5634, 20.1665)
Luminance	0.6956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE959 #8759E9

analogous

#E9CF59 #BBE959 #73E959

triadic

#BBE959 #59BBE9 #E959BB

tetradic

#BBE959 #59E9CF #8759E9 #E95973

square

#BBE959 #59E9CF #8759E9 #E95973

split-complementary

#BBE959 #5973E9 #CF59E9

monochromatic

#7FB017 #A5E223 #BBE959 #D1F08F #E7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BBE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#BBE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE959

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE959	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)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3DFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.177 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2f08e',
    500: '#bbe959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe959;
$custom-light: #d2f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.167,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87388,
    "c": 0.17725,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.69564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE959

secondary

#5D35B1

accent

#0DD94E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE959

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

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