#BCBB37#BCBB37

#BCBB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.148 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB37
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -15.21, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 64.97, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0482 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.148 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.2004, 46.5090, 10.5259)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB37 #3738BC

analogous

#BC7937 #BCBB37 #7ABC37

triadic

#BCBB37 #37BCBB #BB37BC

tetradic

#BCBB37 #37BC79 #3738BC #BC377A

square

#BCBB37 #37BC79 #3738BC #BC377A

split-complementary

#BCBB37 #377ABC #7937BC

monochromatic

#5D5D1B #8D8C29 #BCBB37 #D0D060 #DEDE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BCBB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB37

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB37	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.148 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf77',
    500: '#bcbb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb37;
$custom-light: #d4cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76956,
    "c": 0.14816,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB37

secondary

#8686C9

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB37

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

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