#BCBB3E#BCBB3E

#BCBB3E 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 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB3E
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -14.84, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 62.36, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0465 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.144 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3802, 46.5810, 11.4731)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB3E #3E3FBC

analogous

#BC7C3E #BCBB3E #7EBC3E

triadic

#BCBB3E #3EBCBB #BB3EBC

tetradic

#BCBB3E #3EBC7C #3E3FBC #BC3E7E

square

#BCBB3E #3EBC7C #3E3FBC #BC3E7E

split-complementary

#BCBB3E #3E7EBC #7C3EBC

monochromatic

#605F20 #8E8D2F #BCBB3E #CECD6A #DDDC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCBB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCBB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB3E

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB3E	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7a',
    500: '#bcbb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb3e;
$custom-light: #d3cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77007,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB3E

secondary

#8D8EC9

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB3E

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

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