#BBCF51#BBCF51

#BBCF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.152 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCF51
RGB	rgb(187, 207, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -23.96, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 63.33, 112.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0701 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.152 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2923, 55.7850, 16.2172)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCF51 #6551CF

analogous

#CFA451 #BBCF51 #7CCF51

triadic

#BBCF51 #51BBCF #CF51BB

tetradic

#BBCF51 #51CFA4 #6551CF #CF517C

square

#BBCF51 #51CFA4 #6551CF #CF517C

split-complementary

#BBCF51 #517CCF #A451CF

monochromatic

#738224 #9DB231 #BBCF51 #CEDC81 #E0E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BBCF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCF51

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCF51	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 207, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.152 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dd87',
    500: '#bbcf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcf51;
$custom-light: #d2dd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.524,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81495,
    "c": 0.15165,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCF51

secondary

#473B89

accent

#48E060

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCF51

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

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