#BCBB3B#BCBB3B

#BCBB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.146 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB3B
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -15.01, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 63.51, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0472 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.146 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3002, 46.5490, 11.0515)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB3B #3B3CBC

analogous

#BC7A3B #BCBB3B #7CBC3B

triadic

#BCBB3B #3BBCBB #BB3BBC

tetradic

#BCBB3B #3BBC7A #3B3CBC #BC3B7C

square

#BCBB3B #3BBC7A #3B3CBC #BC3B7C

split-complementary

#BCBB3B #3B7CBC #7A3BBC

monochromatic

#5F5E1E #8D8D2C #BCBB3B #CFCE65 #DDDD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCBB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB3B

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB3B	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)

#CAB327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.146 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf79',
    500: '#bcbb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb3b;
$custom-light: #d3cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76984,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB3B

secondary

#8A8BC9

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB3B

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

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