#BCBB61#BCBB61

#BCBB61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB61
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -12.25, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 46.95, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0354 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.113 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6679, 47.0961, 18.2551)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB61 #6162BC

analogous

#BC8D61 #BCBB61 #8FBC61

triadic

#BCBB61 #61BCBB #BB61BC

tetradic

#BCBB61 #61BC8D #6162BC #BC618F

square

#BCBB61 #61BC8D #6162BC #BC618F

split-complementary

#BCBB61 #618FBC #8D61BC

monochromatic

#727130 #9D9C43 #BCBB61 #CECD8C #E0E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BCBB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB61

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB61	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf90',
    500: '#bcbb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb61;
$custom-light: #d2cf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.341,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77377,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB61

secondary

#AAAACF

accent

#59D057

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB61

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

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