#BCBB5A#BCBB5A

#BCBB5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.120 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB5A
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -12.87, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 50.27, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0379 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.12 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3558, 46.9712, 16.6114)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB5A #5A5BBC

analogous

#BC8A5A #BCBB5A #8CBC5A

triadic

#BCBB5A #5ABCBB #BB5ABC

tetradic

#BCBB5A #5ABC8A #5A5BBC #BC5A8C

square

#BCBB5A #5ABC8A #5A5BBC #BC5A8C

split-complementary

#BCBB5A #5A8CBC #8A5ABC

monochromatic

#6F6E2D #9A993F #BCBB5A #CECD86 #DFDFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCBB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB5A

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB5A	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)

#C8B451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.120 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf8b',
    500: '#bcbb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb5a;
$custom-light: #d2cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77287,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB5A

secondary

#A4A5CE

accent

#57D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB5A

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

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