#BCBB4B#BCBB4B

#BCBB4B 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	#BCBB4B
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -14.03, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 57.04, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0428 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.134 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7806, 46.7411, 13.5817)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB4B #4B4CBC

analogous

#BC834B #BCBB4B #85BC4B

triadic

#BCBB4B #4BBCBB #BB4BBC

tetradic

#BCBB4B #4BBC83 #4B4CBC #BC4B85

square

#BCBB4B #4BBC83 #4B4CBC #BC4B85

split-complementary

#BCBB4B #4B85BC #834BBC

monochromatic

#666626 #939237 #BCBB4B #CDCC78 #DDDDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BCBB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB4B

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB4B	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)

#C9B43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf82',
    500: '#bcbb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb4b;
$custom-light: #d3cf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.469,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77122,
    "c": 0.13363,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB4B

secondary

#9999CA

accent

#54D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB4B

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

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