#BBBA51#BBBA51

#BBBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA51
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -13.50, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 53.97, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0406 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.128 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5387, 46.2778, 14.6327)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA51 #5152BB

analogous

#BB8551 #BBBA51 #87BB51

triadic

#BBBA51 #51BBBA #BA51BB

tetradic

#BBBA51 #51BB85 #5152BB #BB5187

square

#BBBA51 #51BB85 #5152BB #BB5187

split-complementary

#BBBA51 #5187BB #8551BB

monochromatic

#696829 #95943A #BBBA51 #CCCB7D #DDDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA51

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA51	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce86',
    500: '#bbba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba51;
$custom-light: #d2ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76882,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA51

secondary

#9D9DCB

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA51

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

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