#BCBB55#BCBB55

#BCBB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.125 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB55
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -13.28, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 52.59, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0396 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.125 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1501, 46.8890, 15.5280)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB55 #5556BC

analogous

#BC8755 #BCBB55 #89BC55

triadic

#BCBB55 #55BCBB #BB55BC

tetradic

#BCBB55 #55BC87 #5556BC #BC5589

square

#BCBB55 #55BC87 #5556BC #BC5589

split-complementary

#BCBB55 #5589BC #8755BC

monochromatic

#6C6B2B #98973C #BCBB55 #CDCD81 #DFDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCBB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB55

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB55	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.125 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf88',
    500: '#bcbb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb55;
$custom-light: #d2cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77229,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB55

secondary

#A0A1CC

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB55

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

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