#BBB951#BBB951

#BBB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.127 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB951
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -12.99, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 53.55, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0391 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.127 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.3288, 45.8579, 14.5627)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB951 #5153BB

analogous

#BB8451 #BBB951 #88BB51

triadic

#BBB951 #51BBB9 #B951BB

tetradic

#BBB951 #51BB84 #5153BB #BB5188

square

#BBB951 #51BB84 #5153BB #BB5188

split-complementary

#BBB951 #5188BB #8451BB

monochromatic

#696729 #95933A #BBB951 #CCCB7D #DDDCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BBB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB951

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB951	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.127 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd85',
    500: '#bbb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb951;
$custom-light: #d2cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76666,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB951

secondary

#9D9ECB

accent

#57D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB951

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

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