#BCBC22#BCBC22

#BCBC22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.160 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC22
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -16.54, 69.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 71.75, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0537 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.16 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0125, 46.7745, 8.4864)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC22 #2222BC

analogous

#BC6F22 #BCBC22 #6FBC22

triadic

#BCBC22 #22BCBC #BC22BC

tetradic

#BCBC22 #22BC6F #2222BC #BC226F

square

#BCBC22 #22BC6F #2222BC #BC226F

split-complementary

#BCBC22 #226FBC #6F22BC

monochromatic

#54540F #888819 #BCBC22 #DCDC3F #E6E673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBC22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BCBC22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC22

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC22	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.160 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf6d',
    500: '#bcbc22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc22;
$custom-light: #d4cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77059,
    "c": 0.15977,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC22

secondary

#6D6DCD

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC22

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

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