#BBC661#BBC661

#BBC661 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.126 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC661
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(67, 47%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(67, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 51%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -18.22, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 52.07, 110.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0523 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.126 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8460, 51.8167, 19.0515)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC661 #6C61C6

analogous

#C69F61 #BBC661 #88C661

triadic

#BBC661 #61BBC6 #C661BB

tetradic

#BBC661 #61C69F #6C61C6 #C66188

square

#BBC661 #61C69F #6C61C6 #C66188

split-complementary

#BBC661 #6188C6 #9F61C6

monochromatic

#767F2E #A0AC3E #BBC661 #CED68E #E2E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BBC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC661

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC661	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.126 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d790',
    500: '#bbc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc661;
$custom-light: #d1d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.535,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79687,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC661

secondary

#4B4487

accent

#51D760

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC661

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

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