#BBC461#BBC461

#BBC461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.124 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC461
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 50.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -17.22, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 51.12, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0495 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.124 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3918, 50.9084, 18.9001)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC461 #6A61C4

analogous

#C49C61 #BBC461 #89C461

triadic

#BBC461 #61BBC4 #C461BB

tetradic

#BBC461 #61C49C #6A61C4 #C46189

square

#BBC461 #61C49C #6A61C4 #C46189

split-complementary

#BBC461 #6189C4 #9C61C4

monochromatic

#757C2E #9FA93F #BBC461 #CED58E #E1E5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BBC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC461

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC461	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.124 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d590',
    500: '#bbc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc461;
$custom-light: #d1d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79249,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC461

secondary

#4A4485

accent

#53D55E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC461

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

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