#BBBC51#BBBC51

#BBBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.130 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC51
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -14.52, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 54.82, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0435 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.13 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9630, 47.1263, 14.7741)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC51 #5251BC

analogous

#BC8851 #BBBC51 #85BC51

triadic

#BBBC51 #51BBBC #BC51BB

tetradic

#BBBC51 #51BC88 #5251BC #BC5185

square

#BBBC51 #51BC88 #5251BC #BC5185

split-complementary

#BBBC51 #5185BC #8851BC

monochromatic

#696A29 #95963A #BBBC51 #CCCD7D #DEDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BBBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC51

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC51	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.130 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d086',
    500: '#bbbc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc51;
$custom-light: #d2d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.561,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77317,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC51

secondary

#9E9DCC

accent

#54D455

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC51

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

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