#BCBB66#BCBB66

#BCBB66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.108 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBB66
RGB	rgb(188, 187, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -11.77, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 44.52, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0335 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.108 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9085, 47.1923, 19.5219)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBB66 #6667BC

analogous

#BC9066 #BCBB66 #92BC66

triadic

#BCBB66 #66BCBB #BB66BC

tetradic

#BCBB66 #66BC90 #6667BC #BC6692

square

#BCBB66 #66BC90 #6667BC #BC6692

split-complementary

#BCBB66 #6692BC #9066BC

monochromatic

#757433 #9F9E46 #BCBB66 #CFCE91 #E1E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BCBB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBB66

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBB66	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 187, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.108 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf93',
    500: '#bcbb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbb66;
$custom-light: #d2cf93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.302,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77446,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBB66

secondary

#ADAED0

accent

#5ACF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBB66

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

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