#BBEE55#BBEE55

#BBEE55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.186 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBEE55
RGB	rgb(187, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(80, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(80, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -38.12, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 76.46, 119.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.1091 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.186 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7079, 72.3691, 19.7843)
Luminance	0.7237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBEE55 #8855EE

analogous

#EED455 #BBEE55 #6EEE55

triadic

#BBEE55 #55BBEE #EE55BB

tetradic

#BBEE55 #55EED4 #8855EE #EE556E

square

#BBEE55 #55EED4 #8855EE #EE556E

split-complementary

#BBEE55 #556EEE #D455EE

monochromatic

#80B612 #A5E81D #BBEE55 #D1F48D #E8F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#BBEE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#BBEE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBEE55

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBEE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBEE55	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2E3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.186 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3f38c',
    500: '#bbee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbee55;
$custom-light: #d3f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8848,
    "c": 0.18641,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBEE55

secondary

#5E31B6

accent

#07DE4F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBEE55

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

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