#BCBB58#BCBB58

#BCBB58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB58
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 88)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -13.04, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 51.21, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0386 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.122 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2719, 46.9376, 16.1691)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB58 #5859BC

analogous

#BC8958 #BCBB58 #8BBC58

triadic

#BCBB58 #58BCBB #BB58BC

tetradic

#BCBB58 #58BC89 #5859BC #BC588B

square

#BCBB58 #58BC89 #5859BC #BC588B

split-complementary

#BCBB58 #588BBC #8958BC

monochromatic

#6E6D2C #99983E #BCBB58 #CECD84 #DFDFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCBB58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB58

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB58	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf8a',
    500: '#bcbb58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb58;
$custom-light: #d2cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77263,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB58

secondary

#A3A3CD

accent

#57D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB58

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

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