#BCBB59#BCBB59

#BCBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB59
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -12.95, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 50.74, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0382 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.121 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3136, 46.9543, 16.3887)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB59 #595ABC

analogous

#BC8A59 #BCBB59 #8CBC59

triadic

#BCBB59 #59BCBB #BB59BC

tetradic

#BCBB59 #59BC8A #595ABC #BC598C

square

#BCBB59 #59BC8A #595ABC #BC598C

split-complementary

#BCBB59 #598CBC #8A59BC

monochromatic

#6E6D2C #9A993E #BCBB59 #CECD85 #DFDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB59

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB59	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)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf8b',
    500: '#bcbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb59;
$custom-light: #d2cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77275,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB59

secondary

#A3A4CD

accent

#57D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB59

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

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