#BCBB30#BCBB30

#BCBB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.152 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB30
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -15.53, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 67.37, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0498 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.152 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0443, 46.4466, 9.7041)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB30 #3031BC

analogous

#BC7530 #BCBB30 #77BC30

triadic

#BCBB30 #30BCBB #BB30BC

tetradic

#BCBB30 #30BC75 #3031BC #BC3077

square

#BCBB30 #30BC75 #3031BC #BC3077

split-complementary

#BCBB30 #3077BC #7530BC

monochromatic

#5A5A17 #8B8B24 #BCBB30 #D4D355 #E0E086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCBB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB30

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB30	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)

#CAB310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.152 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf73',
    500: '#bcbb30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb30;
$custom-light: #d4cf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76911,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB30

secondary

#7E7FCA

accent

#46E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB30

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

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