#BCBC23#BCBC23

#BCBC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC23
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -16.51, 69.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 71.50, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0535 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0272, 46.7804, 8.5635)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC23 #2323BC

analogous

#BC6F23 #BCBC23 #6FBC23

triadic

#BCBC23 #23BCBC #BC23BC

tetradic

#BCBC23 #23BC6F #2323BC #BC236F

square

#BCBC23 #23BC6F #2323BC #BC236F

split-complementary

#BCBC23 #236FBC #6F23BC

monochromatic

#555510 #888819 #BCBC23 #DCDC41 #E5E574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCBC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC23

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC23	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf6e',
    500: '#bcbc23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc23;
$custom-light: #d4cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77063,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC23

secondary

#6F6FCC

accent

#3CEB3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC23

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

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