#BCBB41#BCBB41

#BCBB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.141 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB41
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -14.67, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 61.19, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0457 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.141 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4648, 46.6148, 11.9187)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB41 #4142BC

analogous

#BC7D41 #BCBB41 #80BC41

triadic

#BCBB41 #41BCBB #BB41BC

tetradic

#BCBB41 #41BC7D #4142BC #BC4180

square

#BCBB41 #41BC7D #4142BC #BC4180

split-complementary

#BCBB41 #4180BC #7D41BC

monochromatic

#616122 #8F8E31 #BCBB41 #CDCC6E #DCDC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCBB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB41

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB41	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)

#CAB330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.141 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7c',
    500: '#bcbb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb41;
$custom-light: #d3cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77032,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB41

secondary

#9091C9

accent

#51D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB41

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

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