#BCBB4A#BCBB4A

#BCBB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.134 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB4A
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -14.09, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 57.46, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0431 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.134 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7466, 46.7275, 13.4028)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB4A #4A4BBC

analogous

#BC824A #BCBB4A #84BC4A

triadic

#BCBB4A #4ABCBB #BB4ABC

tetradic

#BCBB4A #4ABC82 #4A4BBC #BC4A84

square

#BCBB4A #4ABC82 #4A4BBC #BC4A84

split-complementary

#BCBB4A #4A84BC #824ABC

monochromatic

#666526 #939236 #BCBB4A #CDCC77 #DDDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BCBB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB4A

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB4A	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf81',
    500: '#bcbb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb4a;
$custom-light: #d3cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77113,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB4A

secondary

#9898CA

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB4A

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

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