#BCBB5C#BCBB5C

#BCBB5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.118 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB5C
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -12.69, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 49.33, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0372 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.118 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4421, 47.0057, 17.0658)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB5C #5C5DBC

analogous

#BC8B5C #BCBB5C #8DBC5C

triadic

#BCBB5C #5CBCBB #BB5CBC

tetradic

#BCBB5C #5CBC8B #5C5DBC #BC5C8D

square

#BCBB5C #5CBC8B #5C5DBC #BC5C8D

split-complementary

#BCBB5C #5C8DBC #8B5CBC

monochromatic

#706F2E #9B9A40 #BCBB5C #CECD87 #E0DFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCBB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB5C

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB5C	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)

#C8B453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.118 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf8d',
    500: '#bcbb5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb5c;
$custom-light: #d2cf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.375,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77312,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB5C

secondary

#A6A6CE

accent

#58D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB5C

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

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