#BCBB4E#BCBB4E

#BCBB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.131 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB4E
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -13.81, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 55.73, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0419 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.131 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8857, 46.7832, 14.1352)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB4E #4E4FBC

analogous

#BC844E #BCBB4E #86BC4E

triadic

#BCBB4E #4EBCBB #BB4EBC

tetradic

#BCBB4E #4EBC84 #4E4FBC #BC4E86

square

#BCBB4E #4EBC84 #4E4FBC #BC4E86

split-complementary

#BCBB4E #4E86BC #844EBC

monochromatic

#686827 #959438 #BCBB4E #CDCC7A #DEDDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCBB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB4E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB4E	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.131 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf84',
    500: '#bcbb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb4e;
$custom-light: #d3cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77153,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB4E

secondary

#9B9BCB

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB4E

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

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