#BCBB36#BCBB36

#BCBB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.149 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB36
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -15.26, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 65.33, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.0484 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.149 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.1766, 46.4996, 10.4009)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB36 #3637BC

analogous

#BC7836 #BCBB36 #7ABC36

triadic

#BCBB36 #36BCBB #BB36BC

tetradic

#BCBB36 #36BC78 #3637BC #BC367A

square

#BCBB36 #36BC78 #3637BC #BC367A

split-complementary

#BCBB36 #367ABC #7836BC

monochromatic

#5D5C1B #8C8C28 #BCBB36 #D1D05E #DFDE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BCBB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB36

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB36	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.149 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf76',
    500: '#bcbb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb36;
$custom-light: #d4cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76949,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB36

secondary

#8585C9

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB36

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

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