#BCBB56#BCBB56

#BCBB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.124 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB56
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -13.20, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 52.13, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0393 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.124 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1901, 46.9050, 15.7388)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB56 #5657BC

analogous

#BC8856 #BCBB56 #8ABC56

triadic

#BCBB56 #56BCBB #BB56BC

tetradic

#BCBB56 #56BC88 #5657BC #BC568A

square

#BCBB56 #56BC88 #5657BC #BC568A

split-complementary

#BCBB56 #568ABC #8856BC

monochromatic

#6D6C2B #98973C #BCBB56 #CDCD82 #DFDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCBB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB56

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB56	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)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.124 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf89',
    500: '#bcbb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb56;
$custom-light: #d2cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.412,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7724,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB56

secondary

#A1A2CD

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB56

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

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