#BCBB2E#BCBB2E

#BCBB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.153 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB2E
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -15.61, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 68.01, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0502 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.153 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0040, 46.4305, 9.4916)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB2E #2E2FBC

analogous

#BC742E #BCBB2E #76BC2E

triadic

#BCBB2E #2EBCBB #BB2EBC

tetradic

#BCBB2E #2EBC74 #2E2FBC #BC2E76

square

#BCBB2E #2EBC74 #2E2FBC #BC2E76

split-complementary

#BCBB2E #2E76BC #742EBC

monochromatic

#5A5916 #8B8A22 #BCBB2E #D5D452 #E1E084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCBB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB2E

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB2E	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.153 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf72',
    500: '#bcbb2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb2e;
$custom-light: #d4cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76899,
    "c": 0.15332,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB2E

secondary

#7C7CCA

accent

#45E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB2E

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

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