#BBCE51#BBCE51

#BBCE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.150 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE51
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -23.47, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 62.87, 111.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0687 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.15 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0508, 55.3020, 16.1367)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE51 #6451CE

analogous

#CEA351 #BBCE51 #7DCE51

triadic

#BBCE51 #51BBCE #CE51BB

tetradic

#BBCE51 #51CEA3 #6451CE #CE517D

square

#BBCE51 #51CEA3 #6451CE #CE517D

split-complementary

#BBCE51 #517DCE #A351CE

monochromatic

#728024 #9DB032 #BBCE51 #CEDB81 #E0E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#BBCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE51

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE51	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.150 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc87',
    500: '#bbce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce51;
$custom-light: #d2dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.12,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81273,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE51

secondary

#473B88

accent

#48DF5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE51

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

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