#BCBB3D#BCBB3D

#BCBB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.144 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB3D
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -14.90, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 62.75, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0467 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.144 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3530, 46.5701, 11.3299)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB3D #3D3EBC

analogous

#BC7C3D #BCBB3D #7EBC3D

triadic

#BCBB3D #3DBCBB #BB3DBC

tetradic

#BCBB3D #3DBC7C #3D3EBC #BC3D7E

square

#BCBB3D #3DBC7C #3D3EBC #BC3D7E

split-complementary

#BCBB3D #3D7EBC #7C3DBC

monochromatic

#605F1F #8E8D2E #BCBB3D #CECD68 #DDDC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCBB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB3D

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB3D	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)

#CAB32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7a',
    500: '#bcbb3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb3d;
$custom-light: #d3cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB3D

secondary

#8C8DC9

accent

#4EDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB3D

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

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