#BCBB62#BCBB62

#BCBB62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.112 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB62
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -12.15, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 46.47, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.035 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.112 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7149, 47.1148, 18.5022)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB62 #6263BC

analogous

#BC8E62 #BCBB62 #90BC62

triadic

#BCBB62 #62BCBB #BB62BC

tetradic

#BCBB62 #62BC8E #6263BC #BC6290

square

#BCBB62 #62BC8E #6263BC #BC6290

split-complementary

#BCBB62 #6290BC #8E62BC

monochromatic

#737231 #9E9D43 #BCBB62 #CECE8D #E1E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBB62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BCBB62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB62

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB62	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#C8B55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.112 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf91',
    500: '#bcbb62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb62;
$custom-light: #d2cf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.333,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7739,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB62

secondary

#AAABCF

accent

#59D058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB62

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

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