#BCBB39#BCBB39

#BCBB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.147 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB39
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -15.11, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 64.25, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0477 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.147 109)
XYZ	xyz(39.2493, 46.5286, 10.7835)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB39 #393ABC

analogous

#BC7939 #BCBB39 #7BBC39

triadic

#BCBB39 #39BCBB #BB39BC

tetradic

#BCBB39 #39BC79 #393ABC #BC397B

square

#BCBB39 #39BC79 #393ABC #BC397B

split-complementary

#BCBB39 #397BBC #7939BC

monochromatic

#5E5E1D #8D8C2B #BCBB39 #D0CF63 #DEDD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCBB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB39

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB39	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.147 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf78',
    500: '#bcbb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb39;
$custom-light: #d4cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7697,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.46527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB39

secondary

#8888C9

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB39

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

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