#BCBB5D#BCBB5D

#BCBB5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.117 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB5D
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -12.61, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 48.86, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0368 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.117 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4861, 47.0233, 17.2975)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB5D #5D5EBC

analogous

#BC8B5D #BCBB5D #8EBC5D

triadic

#BCBB5D #5DBCBB #BB5DBC

tetradic

#BCBB5D #5DBC8B #5D5EBC #BC5D8E

square

#BCBB5D #5DBC8B #5D5EBC #BC5D8E

split-complementary

#BCBB5D #5D8EBC #8B5DBC

monochromatic

#70702E #9B9B40 #BCBB5D #CECD88 #E0DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCBB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB5D

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB5D	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)

#C8B454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.117 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf8d',
    500: '#bcbb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb5d;
$custom-light: #d2cf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.368,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77325,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB5D

secondary

#A6A7CE

accent

#58D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB5D

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

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