#BBC451#BBC451

#BBC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.139 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC451
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -18.55, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 58.33, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0549 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.139 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7196, 50.6395, 15.3597)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC451 #5A51C4

analogous

#C49451 #BBC451 #82C451

triadic

#BBC451 #51BBC4 #C451BB

tetradic

#BBC451 #51C494 #5A51C4 #C45182

square

#BBC451 #51C494 #5A51C4 #C45182

split-complementary

#BBC451 #5182C4 #9451C4

monochromatic

#6D7327 #99A137 #BBC451 #CDD37F #DFE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BBC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC451

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC451	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.139 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d586',
    500: '#bbc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc451;
$custom-light: #d2d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.696,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79066,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC451

secondary

#423D7D

accent

#4FD95A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC451

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

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