#BBBD51#BBBD51

#BBBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.131 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD51
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -15.03, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 55.25, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0449 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.131 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1774, 47.5551, 14.8456)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD51 #5351BD

analogous

#BD8951 #BBBD51 #85BD51

triadic

#BBBD51 #51BBBD #BD51BB

tetradic

#BBBD51 #51BD89 #5351BD #BD5185

square

#BBBD51 #51BD89 #5351BD #BD5185

split-complementary

#BBBD51 #5185BD #8951BD

monochromatic

#6A6B29 #969739 #BBBD51 #CCCE7D #DEDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BBBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD51

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD51	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.131 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d086',
    500: '#bbbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd51;
$custom-light: #d2d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77535,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD51

secondary

#9E9ECC

accent

#53D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD51

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

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