#BBC261#BBC261

#BBC261 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC261
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -16.21, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 50.17, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0466 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.122 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9437, 50.0122, 18.7507)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC261 #6861C2

analogous

#C29961 #BBC261 #8BC261

triadic

#BBC261 #61BBC2 #C261BB

tetradic

#BBC261 #61C299 #6861C2 #C2618B

square

#BBC261 #61C299 #6861C2 #C2618B

split-complementary

#BBC261 #618BC2 #9961C2

monochromatic

#747A2F #9EA640 #BBC261 #CED38D #E1E4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BBC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC261

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC261	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d490',
    500: '#bbc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc261;
$custom-light: #d1d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.33,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78813,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC261

secondary

#494582

accent

#54D45D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC261

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

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