#BBE974#BBE974

#BBE974 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.154 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE974
RGB	rgb(187, 233, 116)
HSL	hsl(84, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(84, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -33.18, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 61.35, 122.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0927 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.154 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7846, 70.1029, 27.2699)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 4.89

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 5.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE974 #A274E9

analogous

#E9DD74 #BBE974 #80E974

triadic

#BBE974 #74BBE9 #E974BB

tetradic

#BBE974 #74E9DD #A274E9 #E97480

square

#BBE974 #74E9DD #A274E9 #E97480

split-complementary

#BBE974 #7480E9 #DD74E9

monochromatic

#83C41F #A1E13F #BBE974 #D5F1A9 #EFFADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#BBE974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#BBE974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE974

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE974	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.154 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f09f',
    500: '#bbe974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe974;
$custom-light: #d1f09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.59,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87687,
    "c": 0.15393,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE974

secondary

#7340C1

accent

#11D55E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE974

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

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