#BCBB40#BCBB40

#BCBB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.142 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB40
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -14.73, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 61.58, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.046 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.142 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4361, 46.6033, 11.7675)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB40 #4041BC

analogous

#BC7D40 #BCBB40 #7FBC40

triadic

#BCBB40 #40BCBB #BB40BC

tetradic

#BCBB40 #40BC7D #4041BC #BC407F

square

#BCBB40 #40BC7D #4041BC #BC407F

split-complementary

#BCBB40 #407FBC #7D40BC

monochromatic

#616021 #8E8E30 #BCBB40 #CDCC6C #DDDC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB40

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB40	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#CAB32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.142 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7c',
    500: '#bcbb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb40;
$custom-light: #d3cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77023,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB40

secondary

#8F90C9

accent

#50D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB40

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

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