#BCBB52#BCBB52

#BCBB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.128 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB52
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -13.51, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 53.95, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0406 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.128 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0335, 46.8423, 14.9136)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB52 #5253BC

analogous

#BC8652 #BCBB52 #88BC52

triadic

#BCBB52 #52BCBB #BB52BC

tetradic

#BCBB52 #52BC86 #5253BC #BC5288

square

#BCBB52 #52BC86 #5253BC #BC5288

split-complementary

#BCBB52 #5288BC #8652BC

monochromatic

#6A6A29 #97963A #BCBB52 #CDCC7E #DEDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCBB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB52

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB52	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)

#C9B447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.128 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf86',
    500: '#bcbb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb52;
$custom-light: #d3cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77195,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB52

secondary

#9E9ECC

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB52

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

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