#BCBB53#BCBB53

#BCBB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.127 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB53
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -13.44, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 53.50, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0403 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.127 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0718, 46.8576, 15.1155)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB53 #5354BC

analogous

#BC8753 #BCBB53 #88BC53

triadic

#BCBB53 #53BCBB #BB53BC

tetradic

#BCBB53 #53BC87 #5354BC #BC5388

square

#BCBB53 #53BC87 #5354BC #BC5388

split-complementary

#BCBB53 #5388BC #8753BC

monochromatic

#6B6A2A #97963B #BCBB53 #CDCC7F #DEDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCBB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB53

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB53	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#C9B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.127 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf87',
    500: '#bcbb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb53;
$custom-light: #d2cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77206,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB53

secondary

#9F9FCC

accent

#55D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB53

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

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