#BBCA51#BBCA51

#BBCA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.146 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA51
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -21.52, 57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 61.04, 110.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0632 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.146 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1001, 53.4005, 15.8198)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA51 #6051CA

analogous

#CA9C51 #BBCA51 #7ECA51

triadic

#BBCA51 #51BBCA #CA51BB

tetradic

#BBCA51 #51CA9C #6051CA #CA517E

square

#BBCA51 #51CA9C #6051CA #CA517E

split-complementary

#BBCA51 #517ECA #9C51CA

monochromatic

#707B25 #9BAA34 #BBCA51 #CDD880 #E0E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BBCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA51

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA51	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.146 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da87',
    500: '#bbca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca51;
$custom-light: #d2da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.438,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80388,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA51

secondary

#453C83

accent

#4BDD5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA51

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

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