#BCBB44#BCBB44

#BCBB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.139 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB44
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -14.49, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 59.98, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0449 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.139 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5540, 46.6505, 12.3886)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB44 #4445BC

analogous

#BC7F44 #BCBB44 #81BC44

triadic

#BCBB44 #44BCBB #BB44BC

tetradic

#BCBB44 #44BC7F #4445BC #BC4481

square

#BCBB44 #44BC7F #4445BC #BC4481

split-complementary

#BCBB44 #4481BC #7F44BC

monochromatic

#626223 #8F8F33 #BCBB44 #CCCB71 #DCDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCBB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB44

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB44	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)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.139 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7e',
    500: '#bcbb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb44;
$custom-light: #d3cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77057,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB44

secondary

#9394C9

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB44

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

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