#BBC251#BBC251

#BBC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.136 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC251
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -17.55, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 57.44, 107.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0521 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.136 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2715, 49.7433, 15.2103)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC251 #5851C2

analogous

#C29151 #BBC251 #83C251

triadic

#BBC251 #51BBC2 #C251BB

tetradic

#BBC251 #51C291 #5851C2 #C25183

square

#BBC251 #51C291 #5851C2 #C25183

split-complementary

#BBC251 #5183C2 #9151C2

monochromatic

#6C7128 #989E37 #BBC251 #CDD27E #DEE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BBC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC251

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC251	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.136 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d486',
    500: '#bbc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc251;
$custom-light: #d2d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.717,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78627,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC251

secondary

#A29FD0

accent

#50D859

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC251

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

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