#BBEB59#BBEB59

#BBEB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.180 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBEB59
RGB	rgb(187, 235, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -36.48, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 73.50, 119.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.1042 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.18 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0052, 70.7021, 20.3563)
Luminance	0.7070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBEB59 #8959EB

analogous

#EBD259 #BBEB59 #72EB59

triadic

#BBEB59 #59BBEB #EB59BB

tetradic

#BBEB59 #59EBD2 #8959EB #EB5972

square

#BBEB59 #59EBD2 #8959EB #EB5972

split-complementary

#BBEB59 #5972EB #D259EB

monochromatic

#80B416 #A5E422 #BBEB59 #D1F290 #E8F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#BBEB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#BBEB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBEB59

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBEB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBEB59	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2E0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbeb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 235, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.180 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3f18e',
    500: '#bbeb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbeb59;
$custom-light: #d3f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbeb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.726,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87838,
    "c": 0.17974,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBEB59

secondary

#5E34B4

accent

#0BDB4F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBEB59

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

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