#BCBB42#BCBB42

#BCBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.141 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB42
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -14.61, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 60.79, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0454 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.141 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4940, 46.6265, 12.0726)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB42 #4243BC

analogous

#BC7E42 #BCBB42 #80BC42

triadic

#BCBB42 #42BCBB #BB42BC

tetradic

#BCBB42 #42BC7E #4243BC #BC4280

square

#BCBB42 #42BC7E #4243BC #BC4280

split-complementary

#BCBB42 #4280BC #7E42BC

monochromatic

#616122 #8F8E32 #BCBB42 #CCCC6F #DCDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB42

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB42	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.141 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7d',
    500: '#bcbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb42;
$custom-light: #d3cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7704,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB42

secondary

#9192C9

accent

#51D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB42

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

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