#BBB251#BBB251

#BBB251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB251
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -9.38, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 50.68, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0288 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.119 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.9003, 43.0010, 14.0866)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB251 #515ABB

analogous

#BB7D51 #BBB251 #8FBB51

triadic

#BBB251 #51BBB2 #B251BB

tetradic

#BBB251 #51BB7D #515ABB #BB518F

square

#BBB251 #51BB7D #515ABB #BB518F

split-complementary

#BBB251 #518FBB #7D51BB

monochromatic

#696329 #958D3A #BBB251 #CCC57D #DDD9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BBB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB251

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB251	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c885',
    500: '#bbb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb251;
$custom-light: #d2c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75155,
    "c": 0.11923,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.43
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB251

secondary

#9DA1CB

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB251

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

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