#BBEA38#BBEA38

#BBEA38 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.199 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBEA38
RGB	rgb(187, 234, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(76, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 76.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -37.99, 75.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 84.19, 116.82°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.111 0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.199 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6307, 69.6955, 14.5258)
Luminance	0.6970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBEA38 #6738EA

analogous

#EAC038 #BBEA38 #62EA38

triadic

#BBEA38 #38BBEA #EA38BB

tetradic

#BBEA38 #38EAC0 #6738EA #EA3862

square

#BBEA38 #38EAC0 #6738EA #EA3862

split-complementary

#BBEA38 #3862EA #C038EA

monochromatic

#749810 #9ECF16 #BBEA38 #CEF06F #E1F6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BBEA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#BBEA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBEA38

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBEA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBEA38	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4DEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbea38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 234, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.199 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4f07c',
    500: '#bbea38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbea38;
$custom-light: #d4f07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbea38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.843,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87372,
    "c": 0.19933,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBEA38

secondary

#492B9B

accent

#30F765

background

#FEFFFB

surface

#FCFEF2

border

#D5D6CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBEA38

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

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