#BBB451#BBB451

#BBB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.121 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB451
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -10.41, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 51.48, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0318 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.121 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3012, 43.8026, 14.2202)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB451 #5158BB

analogous

#BB7F51 #BBB451 #8DBB51

triadic

#BBB451 #51BBB4 #B451BB

tetradic

#BBB451 #51BB7F #5158BB #BB518D

square

#BBB451 #51BB7F #5158BB #BB518D

split-complementary

#BBB451 #518DBB #7F51BB

monochromatic

#696429 #958F3A #BBB451 #CCC77D #DDDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB451

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB451	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.121 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca85',
    500: '#bbb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb451;
$custom-light: #d2ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75585,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB451

secondary

#9DA0CB

accent

#5DD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB451

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

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