#BCBB4D#BCBB4D

#BCBB4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.132 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB4D
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -13.88, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 56.17, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0422 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.132 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8501, 46.7689, 13.9479)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB4D #4D4EBC

analogous

#BC834D #BCBB4D #86BC4D

triadic

#BCBB4D #4DBCBB #BB4DBC

tetradic

#BCBB4D #4DBC83 #4D4EBC #BC4D86

square

#BCBB4D #4DBC83 #4D4EBC #BC4D86

split-complementary

#BCBB4D #4D86BC #834DBC

monochromatic

#686727 #949338 #BCBB4D #CDCC79 #DDDDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BCBB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB4D

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB4D	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)

#C9B441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.132 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf83',
    500: '#bcbb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb4d;
$custom-light: #d3cf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77142,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB4D

secondary

#9A9BCB

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB4D

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

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