#BBBF51#BBBF51

#BBBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.133 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF51
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -16.04, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 56.12, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0478 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.133 111)
XYZ	xyz(40.6106, 48.4214, 14.9900)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF51 #5551BF

analogous

#BF8C51 #BBBF51 #84BF51

triadic

#BBBF51 #51BBBF #BF51BB

tetradic

#BBBF51 #51BF8C #5551BF #BF5184

square

#BBBF51 #51BF8C #5551BF #BF5184

split-complementary

#BBBF51 #5184BF #8C51BF

monochromatic

#6B6D28 #979A39 #BBBF51 #CCCF7E #DEE0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF51

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF51	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.133 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d286',
    500: '#bbbf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf51;
$custom-light: #d2d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77971,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.4842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF51

secondary

#A09ECE

accent

#52D657

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF51

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

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