#BCBB48#BCBB48

#BCBB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.136 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB48
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -14.23, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 58.31, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0437 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.136 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6803, 46.7010, 13.0536)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB48 #4849BC

analogous

#BC8148 #BCBB48 #83BC48

triadic

#BCBB48 #48BCBB #BB48BC

tetradic

#BCBB48 #48BC81 #4849BC #BC4883

square

#BCBB48 #48BC81 #4849BC #BC4883

split-complementary

#BCBB48 #4883BC #8148BC

monochromatic

#656425 #929135 #BCBB48 #CCCC75 #DDDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCBB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB48

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB48	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)

#C9B43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.136 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf80',
    500: '#bcbb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb48;
$custom-light: #d3cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77094,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB48

secondary

#9697CA

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB48

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

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