#BCBB5B#BCBB5B

#BCBB5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB5B
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -12.78, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 49.81, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0375 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.119 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3987, 46.9884, 16.8371)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB5B #5B5CBC

analogous

#BC8A5B #BCBB5B #8DBC5B

triadic

#BCBB5B #5BBCBB #BB5BBC

tetradic

#BCBB5B #5BBC8A #5B5CBC #BC5B8D

square

#BCBB5B #5BBC8A #5B5CBC #BC5B8D

split-complementary

#BCBB5B #5B8DBC #8A5BBC

monochromatic

#6F6F2D #9B9A3F #BCBB5B #CECD86 #E0DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCBB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB5B

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB5B	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf8c',
    500: '#bcbb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb5b;
$custom-light: #d2cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.773,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB5B

secondary

#A5A5CE

accent

#57D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB5B

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

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