#BCBB51#BCBB51

#BCBB51 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 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB51
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -13.59, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 54.40, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0409 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.129 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9957, 46.8272, 14.7147)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB51 #5152BC

analogous

#BC8551 #BCBB51 #88BC51

triadic

#BCBB51 #51BCBB #BB51BC

tetradic

#BCBB51 #51BC85 #5152BC #BC5188

square

#BCBB51 #51BC85 #5152BC #BC5188

split-complementary

#BCBB51 #5188BC #8551BC

monochromatic

#6A6929 #96953A #BCBB51 #CDCC7D #DEDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB51

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB51	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.129 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf86',
    500: '#bcbb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb51;
$custom-light: #d3cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.439,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77184,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB51

secondary

#9D9ECC

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB51

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

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