#BCBB2D#BCBB2D

#BCBB2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.154 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB2D
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -15.65, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 68.32, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0504 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.154 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9845, 46.4227, 9.3890)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB2D #2D2EBC

analogous

#BC732D #BCBB2D #76BC2D

triadic

#BCBB2D #2DBCBB #BB2DBC

tetradic

#BCBB2D #2DBC73 #2D2EBC #BC2D76

square

#BCBB2D #2DBC73 #2D2EBC #BC2D76

split-complementary

#BCBB2D #2D76BC #732DBC

monochromatic

#595915 #8B8A21 #BCBB2D #D5D451 #E1E082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BCBB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB2D

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB2D	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.154 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf72',
    500: '#bcbb2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb2d;
$custom-light: #d4cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76893,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB2D

secondary

#7B7BCA

accent

#44E443

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB2D

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

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