#BCBB57#BCBB57

#BCBB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.123 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB57
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -13.12, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 51.67, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0389 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.123 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2307, 46.9212, 15.9524)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB57 #5758BC

analogous

#BC8957 #BCBB57 #8BBC57

triadic

#BCBB57 #57BCBB #BB57BC

tetradic

#BCBB57 #57BC89 #5758BC #BC578B

square

#BCBB57 #57BC89 #5758BC #BC578B

split-complementary

#BCBB57 #578BBC #8957BC

monochromatic

#6D6C2C #99983D #BCBB57 #CDCD83 #DFDEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCBB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB57

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB57	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)

#C8B44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.123 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf89',
    500: '#bcbb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb57;
$custom-light: #d2cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77252,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB57

secondary

#A2A2CD

accent

#56D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB57

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

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