#BCBB50#BCBB50

#BCBB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.129 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB50
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -13.67, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 54.85, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0412 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.129 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9585, 46.8123, 14.5186)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB50 #5051BC

analogous

#BC8550 #BCBB50 #87BC50

triadic

#BCBB50 #50BCBB #BB50BC

tetradic

#BCBB50 #50BC85 #5051BC #BC5087

square

#BCBB50 #50BC85 #5051BC #BC5087

split-complementary

#BCBB50 #5087BC #8550BC

monochromatic

#696928 #969539 #BCBB50 #CDCC7C #DEDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCBB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB50

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB50	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)

#C9B444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.129 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf85',
    500: '#bcbb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb50;
$custom-light: #d3cf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77174,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB50

secondary

#9C9DCB

accent

#55D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB50

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

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