#BBCD51#BBCD51

#BBCD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD51
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -22.98, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 62.41, 111.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0673 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.149 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8109, 54.8220, 16.0567)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD51 #6351CD

analogous

#CDA151 #BBCD51 #7DCD51

triadic

#BBCD51 #51BBCD #CD51BB

tetradic

#BBCD51 #51CDA1 #6351CD #CD517D

square

#BBCD51 #51CDA1 #6351CD #CD517D

split-complementary

#BBCD51 #517DCD #A151CD

monochromatic

#727F25 #9DAF32 #BBCD51 #CEDB81 #E0E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BBCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD51

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD51	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc87',
    500: '#bbcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd51;
$custom-light: #d2dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.71,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81051,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD51

secondary

#463B87

accent

#49DF5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD51

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

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