#BBCC51#BBCC51

#BBCC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.148 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC51
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -22.50, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 61.95, 111.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.066 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.148 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5724, 54.3451, 15.9773)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC51 #6251CC

analogous

#CC9F51 #BBCC51 #7DCC51

triadic

#BBCC51 #51BBCC #CC51BB

tetradic

#BBCC51 #51CC9F #6251CC #CC517D

square

#BBCC51 #51CC9F #6251CC #CC517D

split-complementary

#BBCC51 #517DCC #9F51CC

monochromatic

#717E25 #9CAD33 #BBCC51 #CDDA80 #E0E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#BBCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC51

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC51	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.148 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db87',
    500: '#bbcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc51;
$custom-light: #d2db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.293,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8083,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC51

secondary

#463C86

accent

#4ADE5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC51

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

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