#BBC751#BBC751

#BBC751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.142 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC751
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 59.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -20.04, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 59.67, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0591 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.142 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4031, 52.0064, 15.5875)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC751 #5D51C7

analogous

#C79851 #BBC751 #80C751

triadic

#BBC751 #51BBC7 #C751BB

tetradic

#BBC751 #51C798 #5D51C7 #C75180

square

#BBC751 #51C798 #5D51C7 #C75180

split-complementary

#BBC751 #5180C7 #9851C7

monochromatic

#6F7726 #9AA635 #BBC751 #CDD67F #DFE5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BBC751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC751

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC751	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.142 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d786',
    500: '#bbc751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc751;
$custom-light: #d2d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.102,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79726,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC751

secondary

#433C80

accent

#4DDB5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC751

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

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