#BCBB4C#BCBB4C

#BCBB4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.133 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB4C
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -13.96, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 56.60, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0425 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.133 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8151, 46.7549, 13.7633)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB4C #4C4DBC

analogous

#BC834C #BCBB4C #85BC4C

triadic

#BCBB4C #4CBCBB #BB4CBC

tetradic

#BCBB4C #4CBC83 #4C4DBC #BC4C85

square

#BCBB4C #4CBC83 #4C4DBC #BC4C85

split-complementary

#BCBB4C #4C85BC #834CBC

monochromatic

#676627 #949337 #BCBB4C #CDCC79 #DDDDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BCBB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB4C

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB4C	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)

#C9B43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.133 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf83',
    500: '#bcbb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb4c;
$custom-light: #d3cf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77132,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB4C

secondary

#999ACA

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB4C

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

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