#BBB551#BBB551

#BBB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.122 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB551
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -10.93, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 51.89, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0333 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.122 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5038, 44.2078, 14.2877)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB551 #5157BB

analogous

#BB8051 #BBB551 #8CBB51

triadic

#BBB551 #51BBB5 #B551BB

tetradic

#BBB551 #51BB80 #5157BB #BB518C

square

#BBB551 #51BB80 #5157BB #BB518C

split-complementary

#BBB551 #518CBB #8051BB

monochromatic

#696529 #95903A #BBB551 #CCC87D #DDDAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BBB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB551

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB551	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.122 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb85',
    500: '#bbb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb551;
$custom-light: #d2cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75801,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB551

secondary

#9D9FCB

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB551

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

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