#BCBB49#BCBB49

#BCBB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.135 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB49
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -14.16, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 57.89, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0434 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.135 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7132, 46.7142, 13.2268)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB49 #494ABC

analogous

#BC8149 #BCBB49 #83BC49

triadic

#BCBB49 #49BCBB #BB49BC

tetradic

#BCBB49 #49BC81 #494ABC #BC4983

square

#BCBB49 #49BC81 #494ABC #BC4983

split-complementary

#BCBB49 #4983BC #8149BC

monochromatic

#656525 #929136 #BCBB49 #CCCC76 #DDDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCBB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB49

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB49	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)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.135 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf81',
    500: '#bcbb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb49;
$custom-light: #d3cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77103,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB49

secondary

#9797CA

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB49

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

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