#BCBB33#BCBB33

#BCBB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.151 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB33
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -15.40, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 66.37, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0491 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.151 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.1083, 46.4722, 10.0413)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB33 #3334BC

analogous

#BC7733 #BCBB33 #79BC33

triadic

#BCBB33 #33BCBB #BB33BC

tetradic

#BCBB33 #33BC77 #3334BC #BC3379

square

#BCBB33 #33BC77 #3334BC #BC3379

split-complementary

#BCBB33 #3379BC #7733BC

monochromatic

#5C5B19 #8C8B26 #BCBB33 #D2D15A #DFDF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCBB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB33

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB33	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)

#CAB318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.151 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf75',
    500: '#bcbb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb33;
$custom-light: #d4cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76929,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB33

secondary

#8182C9

accent

#48E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB33

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

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