#BBEC59#BBEC59
#BBEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.181 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBEC59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 236, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(80, 79%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(80, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.62, -36.93, 64.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.62, 73.99, 119.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.06% -0.1054 0.1471) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.06% 0.181 125.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.2923, 71.2763, 20.4520) |
| Luminance | 0.7128 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 2.93
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 4.29
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 4.34
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 4.47
Light Lime Green
#B9FF66
ΔE00 4.50
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 4.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBEC59 #8A59EC
analogous
#ECD359 #BBEC59 #71EC59
triadic
#BBEC59 #59BBEC #EC59BB
tetradic
#BBEC59 #59ECD3 #8A59EC #EC5971
square
#BBEC59 #59ECD3 #8A59EC #EC5971
split-complementary
#BBEC59 #5971EC #D359EC
monochromatic
#80B615 #A5E622 #BBEC59 #D1F290 #E8F9C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.38
#BBEC59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.26
#BBEC59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBEC59
15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBEC59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBEC59 | 1.00 | 1.38 | 15.26 | 15.26 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.38 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DD47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F1DB64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C2E1CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbec59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 236, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.181 125.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d3f28e',
500: '#bbec59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbec59; $custom-light: #d3f28e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbec59",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 236,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 80,
"s": 79.459,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88064,
"c": 0.18099,
"h": 125.6
},
"luminance": 0.71277
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBEC59
secondary
#5F34B5
accent
#0ADC50
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FBFEF4
border
#D4D6CE
text
#14170D
muted
#83857F