#BBB651#BBB651

#BBB651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB651
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -11.45, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 52.30, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0348 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.123 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7078, 44.6160, 14.3557)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB651 #5156BB

analogous

#BB8151 #BBB651 #8BBB51

triadic

#BBB651 #51BBB6 #B651BB

tetradic

#BBB651 #51BB81 #5156BB #BB518B

square

#BBB651 #51BB81 #5156BB #BB518B

split-complementary

#BBB651 #518BBB #8151BB

monochromatic

#696629 #95903A #BBB651 #CCC87D #DDDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BBB651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB651

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB651	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb85',
    500: '#bbb651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb651;
$custom-light: #d2cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76017,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB651

secondary

#9D9FCB

accent

#5AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB651

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

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