#BBEE57#BBEE57

#BBEE57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.185 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBEE57
RGB	rgb(187, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(80, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -37.98, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 75.72, 120.10°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.1085 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.185 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7885, 72.4013, 20.2087)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBEE57 #8A57EE

analogous

#EED557 #BBEE57 #6FEE57

triadic

#BBEE57 #57BBEE #EE57BB

tetradic

#BBEE57 #57EED5 #8A57EE #EE576F

square

#BBEE57 #57EED5 #8A57EE #EE576F

split-complementary

#BBEE57 #576FEE #D557EE

monochromatic

#80B813 #A5E81F #BBEE57 #D1F48F #E8F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#BBEE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#BBEE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBEE57

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBEE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBEE57	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2E3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.185 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3f38d',
    500: '#bbee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbee57;
$custom-light: #d3f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.265,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88497,
    "c": 0.18497,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBEE57

secondary

#5F32B7

accent

#08DE50

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBEE57

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

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