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#BBD553 Color

#BBD553 is rgb(187, 213, 83) in RGB, hsl(72, 61%, 58%) in HSL, and about cmyk(12%, 0%, 61%, 16%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is June Bud (#BDDA57), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.99. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#BBD553
HEX#BBD553
RGBrgb(187, 213, 83)
HSLhsl(72, 61%, 58%)
HSVhsv(72, 61%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 0%, 61%, 16%)
OKLCHoklch(82.8% 0.157 119.5)
LABlab(81.45% -22.30 59.09)
LCHlch(81.45% 63.16 110.68)

What #BBD553 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #BBD553, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#BBD553 Channel Values

How #BBD553 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 187 · G 213 · B 838-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 72° · S 61% · L 58%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 72° · S 61% · V 84%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 12% · M 0% · Y 61% · K 16%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.65:1 vs white · 12.76:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #BBD553 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.65:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text12.76:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #BBD553 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #BBD553

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #BBD553; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Split comp.
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Tints & Shades of #BBD553

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #BBD553.

How #BBD553 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#BBD553
Protanopia#D1D153
Protanomaly#C8D353
Deuteranopia#CDCD55
Deuteranomaly#C6D054
Tritanopia#C7CACA
Tritanomaly#C2CFA8
Achromatopsia#CACACA

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #BBD553 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-bbd553: #BBD553;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #BBD553;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-bbd553': '#BBD553' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.733, green: 0.835, blue: 0.325)
Android XML<color name="color_bbd553">#BBD553</color>
SVG fillfill="#BBD553"

More Green Colors

#BBD553 sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#BBD553 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #BBD553?

#BBD553 is a mid-tone green — rgb(187, 213, 83) in RGB and hsl(72, 61%, 58%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is June Bud (#BDDA57), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.99.

What is the RGB value of #BBD553?

#BBD553 is rgb(187, 213, 83) — red 187, green 213, and blue 83 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #BBD553?

#BBD553 converts to approximately cmyk(12%, 0%, 61%, 16%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #BBD553 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #BBD553 scores 1.65:1 against white and 12.76:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #BBD553 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #BBD553 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is yellowgreen (#9ACD32) at a CIE76 distance of 13.46, which is visibly different.

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