#BBC651#BBC651

#BBC651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.141 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC651
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 59.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -19.54, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 59.22, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0577 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.141 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1737, 51.5478, 15.5110)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC651 #5C51C6

analogous

#C69751 #BBC651 #81C651

triadic

#BBC651 #51BBC6 #C651BB

tetradic

#BBC651 #51C697 #5C51C6 #C65181

square

#BBC651 #51C697 #5C51C6 #C65181

split-complementary

#BBC651 #5181C6 #9751C6

monochromatic

#6F7627 #9AA436 #BBC651 #CDD57F #DFE4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BBC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC651

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC651	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.141 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d786',
    500: '#bbc651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc651;
$custom-light: #d2d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.641,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79506,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC651

secondary

#433C7F

accent

#4EDA5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC651

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

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