#BCBB45#BCBB45

#BCBB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.138 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB45
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -14.42, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 59.57, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0446 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.138 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5848, 46.6628, 12.5507)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB45 #4546BC

analogous

#BC7F45 #BCBB45 #81BC45

triadic

#BCBB45 #45BCBB #BB45BC

tetradic

#BCBB45 #45BC7F #4546BC #BC4581

square

#BCBB45 #45BC7F #4546BC #BC4581

split-complementary

#BCBB45 #4581BC #7F45BC

monochromatic

#636224 #908F34 #BCBB45 #CCCB72 #DCDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCBB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB45

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB45	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)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.138 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7e',
    500: '#bcbb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb45;
$custom-light: #d3cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77066,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB45

secondary

#9494C9

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB45

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

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