#BCBB23#BCBB23

#BCBB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.158 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB23
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -16.01, 69.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 71.16, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0521 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.158 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8143, 46.3546, 8.4925)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB23 #2324BC

analogous

#BC6E23 #BCBB23 #70BC23

triadic

#BCBB23 #23BCBB #BB23BC

tetradic

#BCBB23 #23BC6E #2324BC #BC2370

square

#BCBB23 #23BC6E #2324BC #BC2370

split-complementary

#BCBB23 #2370BC #6E23BC

monochromatic

#555410 #888819 #BCBB23 #DCDB41 #E5E474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BCBB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB23

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB23	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.158 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf6e',
    500: '#bcbb23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb23;
$custom-light: #d4cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.608,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76844,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB23

secondary

#6F6FCC

accent

#3DEB3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB23

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

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