#BBE985#BBE985
#BBE985 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.137 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBE985 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 233, 133) |
| HSL | hsl(88, 69%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(88, 43%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.26, -31.31, 43.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.26, 53.79, 125.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.93% -0.0864 0.1064) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.93% 0.137 129.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.8655, 70.5352, 32.9625) |
| Luminance | 0.7054 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 3.75
Celery
#C1FD95
ΔE00 4.39
Light Yellowish Green
#C2FF89
ΔE00 4.90
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 5.02
Tea Green
#BDF8A3
ΔE00 5.02
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 5.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBE985 #B385E9
analogous
#E9E585 #BBE985 #89E985
triadic
#BBE985 #85BBE9 #E985BB
tetradic
#BBE985 #85E9E5 #B385E9 #E98589
square
#BBE985 #85E9E5 #B385E9 #E98589
split-complementary
#BBE985 #8589E9 #E585E9
monochromatic
#81CE25 #9EE051 #BBE985 #D8F2B9 #F1FAE5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.39
#BBE985 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.11
#BBE985 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBE985
15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBE985 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBE985 | 1.00 | 1.39 | 15.11 | 15.11 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2DD7D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBDA8B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFE1D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbe985; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 233, 133); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.137 129.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d1f0aa',
500: '#bbe985',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbe985; $custom-light: #d1f0aa; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbe985",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 233,
"b": 133
},
"hsl": {
"h": 87.6,
"s": 69.444,
"l": 71.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87926,
"c": 0.13703,
"h": 129.1
},
"luminance": 0.70536
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBE985
secondary
#8550C2
accent
#14D16B
background
#FEFFFD
surface
#FBFEF7
border
#D4D6D0
text
#141610
muted
#838581