#BBBE51#BBBE51

#BBBE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.132 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE51
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -15.53, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 55.69, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0464 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.132 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3932, 47.9867, 14.9175)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE51 #5451BE

analogous

#BE8A51 #BBBE51 #84BE51

triadic

#BBBE51 #51BBBE #BE51BB

tetradic

#BBBE51 #51BE8A #5451BE #BE5184

square

#BBBE51 #51BE8A #5451BE #BE5184

split-complementary

#BBBE51 #5184BE #8A51BE

monochromatic

#6A6C28 #969939 #BBBE51 #CCCF7E #DEDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BBBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE51

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE51	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.132 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d186',
    500: '#bbbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe51;
$custom-light: #d2d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.651,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77753,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE51

secondary

#9F9ECD

accent

#53D556

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE51

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

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