#BBD051#BBD051

#BBD051 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.153 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD051
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 61.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -24.44, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 63.79, 112.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0714 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.153 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5354, 56.2710, 16.2982)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD051 #6651D0

analogous

#D0A651 #BBD051 #7CD051

triadic

#BBD051 #51BBD0 #D051BB

tetradic

#BBD051 #51D0A6 #6651D0 #D0517C

square

#BBD051 #51D0A6 #6651D0 #D0517C

split-complementary

#BBD051 #517CD0 #A651D0

monochromatic

#738323 #9EB330 #BBD051 #CEDD81 #E1EAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBD051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#BBD051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD051

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD051	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.153 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de87',
    500: '#bbd051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd051;
$custom-light: #d2de87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.921,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81717,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD051

secondary

#483B8A

accent

#47E160

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD051

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

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