#BCBB43#BCBB43

#BCBB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB43
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -14.55, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 60.38, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0451 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.14 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5238, 46.6384, 12.2292)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB43 #4344BC

analogous

#BC7E43 #BCBB43 #81BC43

triadic

#BCBB43 #43BCBB #BB43BC

tetradic

#BCBB43 #43BC7E #4344BC #BC4381

square

#BCBB43 #43BC7E #4344BC #BC4381

split-complementary

#BCBB43 #4381BC #7E43BC

monochromatic

#626123 #8F8E33 #BCBB43 #CCCB70 #DCDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCBB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB43

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB43	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)

#CAB433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7d',
    500: '#bcbb43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb43;
$custom-light: #d3cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77049,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB43

secondary

#9293C9

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB43

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

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