#BBE978#BBE978

#BBE978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.150 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBE978
RGB	rgb(187, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(84, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(84, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.09, -32.77, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.09, 59.60, 123.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0913 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.15 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0223, 70.1979, 28.5218)
Luminance	0.7020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBE978 #A678E9

analogous

#E9DF78 #BBE978 #83E978

triadic

#BBE978 #78BBE9 #E978BB

tetradic

#BBE978 #78E9DF #A678E9 #E97883

square

#BBE978 #78E9DF #A678E9 #E97883

split-complementary

#BBE978 #7883E9 #DF78E9

monochromatic

#83C620 #A0E043 #BBE978 #D6F2AD #F0FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#BBE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#BBE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBE978

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBE978	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbe978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.150 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1f0a1',
    500: '#bbe978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbe978;
$custom-light: #d1f0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbe978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.425,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8774,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBE978

secondary

#7744C1

accent

#11D461

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF5

border

#D4D6CF

text

#14160F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBE978

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

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