#BBC951#BBC951

#BBC951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.145 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC951
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -21.02, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 60.58, 110.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0618 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.145 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8663, 52.9328, 15.7419)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC951 #5F51C9

analogous

#C99B51 #BBC951 #7FC951

triadic

#BBC951 #51BBC9 #C951BB

tetradic

#BBC951 #51C99B #5F51C9 #C9517F

square

#BBC951 #51C99B #5F51C9 #C9517F

split-complementary

#BBC951 #517FC9 #9B51C9

monochromatic

#707A26 #9BA934 #BBC951 #CDD780 #E0E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BBC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC951

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC951	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.145 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d987',
    500: '#bbc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc951;
$custom-light: #d2d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80167,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC951

secondary

#443C82

accent

#4CDC5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC951

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

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