#BCBB47#BCBB47

#BCBB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.137 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB47
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -14.30, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 58.73, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.044 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.137 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6479, 46.6881, 12.8832)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB47 #4748BC

analogous

#BC8047 #BCBB47 #82BC47

triadic

#BCBB47 #47BCBB #BB47BC

tetradic

#BCBB47 #47BC80 #4748BC #BC4782

square

#BCBB47 #47BC80 #4748BC #BC4782

split-complementary

#BCBB47 #4782BC #8047BC

monochromatic

#646424 #919035 #BCBB47 #CCCC74 #DDDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCBB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB47

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB47	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.137 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf80',
    500: '#bcbb47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb47;
$custom-light: #d3cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77084,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB47

secondary

#9596C9

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB47

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

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