#BBF979#BBF979

#BBF979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.171 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBF979
RGB	rgb(187, 249, 121)
HSL	hsl(89, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(89, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -39.91, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 67.69, 126.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.1111 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.171 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.8197, 79.6953, 30.4219)
Luminance	0.7970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 2.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBF979 #B779F9

analogous

#F9F779 #BBF979 #7BF979

triadic

#BBF979 #79BBF9 #F979BB

tetradic

#BBF979 #79F9F7 #B779F9 #F9797B

square

#BBF979 #79F9F7 #B779F9 #F9797B

split-complementary

#BBF979 #797BF9 #F779F9

monochromatic

#7FED0B #9DF63E #BBF979 #D9FCB4 #F0FEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#BBF979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#BBF979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBF979

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBF979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBF979	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEF0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbf979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 249, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.171 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2fba3',
    500: '#bbf979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbf979;
$custom-light: #d2fba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbf979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.063,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9134,
    "c": 0.17098,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBF979

secondary

#8941D5

accent

#00E66F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFFF6

border

#D4D7D0

text

#14170F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBF979

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

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