#BBC551#BBC551

#BBC551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.140 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC551
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -19.04, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 58.78, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0563 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.14 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9459, 51.0921, 15.4351)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC551 #5B51C5

analogous

#C59551 #BBC551 #81C551

triadic

#BBC551 #51BBC5 #C551BB

tetradic

#BBC551 #51C595 #5B51C5 #C55181

square

#BBC551 #51C595 #5B51C5 #C55181

split-complementary

#BBC551 #5181C5 #9551C5

monochromatic

#6E7527 #99A336 #BBC551 #CDD47F #DFE4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BBC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC551

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC551	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.140 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d686',
    500: '#bbc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc551;
$custom-light: #d2d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.172,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79286,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC551

secondary

#423D7E

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC551

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

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