#BBC851#BBC851

#BBC851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.143 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC851
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -20.53, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 60.13, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0605 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.143 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6339, 52.4681, 15.6644)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC851 #5E51C8

analogous

#C89A51 #BBC851 #7FC851

triadic

#BBC851 #51BBC8 #C851BB

tetradic

#BBC851 #51C89A #5E51C8 #C8517F

square

#BBC851 #51C89A #5E51C8 #C8517F

split-complementary

#BBC851 #517FC8 #9A51C8

monochromatic

#707926 #9BA735 #BBC851 #CDD780 #DFE5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#BBC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC851

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC851	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.143 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d886',
    500: '#bbc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc851;
$custom-light: #d2d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.555,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79946,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC851

secondary

#443C81

accent

#4CDB5C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC851

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

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