#BCBB46#BCBB46

#BCBB46 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	#BCBB46
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -14.36, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 59.15, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0443 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.138 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6161, 46.6753, 12.7156)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB46 #4647BC

analogous

#BC8046 #BCBB46 #82BC46

triadic

#BCBB46 #46BCBB #BB46BC

tetradic

#BCBB46 #46BC80 #4647BC #BC4682

square

#BCBB46 #46BC80 #4647BC #BC4682

split-complementary

#BCBB46 #4682BC #8046BC

monochromatic

#646324 #909034 #BCBB46 #CCCC73 #DDDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BCBB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB46

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB46	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)

#C9B437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.138 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7f',
    500: '#bcbb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb46;
$custom-light: #d3cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77075,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB46

secondary

#9595C9

accent

#52D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB46

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

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