#BCBC26#BCBC26

#BCBC26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.158 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC26
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -16.41, 68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 70.71, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.053 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.158 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0736, 46.7990, 8.8082)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC26 #2626BC

analogous

#BC7126 #BCBC26 #71BC26

triadic

#BCBC26 #26BCBC #BC26BC

tetradic

#BCBC26 #26BC71 #2626BC #BC2671

square

#BCBC26 #26BC71 #2626BC #BC2671

split-complementary

#BCBC26 #2671BC #7126BC

monochromatic

#565611 #89891C #BCBC26 #DADA46 #E4E479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBC26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCBC26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC26

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC26	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)

#CDB834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.158 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf6f',
    500: '#bcbc26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc26;
$custom-light: #d4cf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77077,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC26

secondary

#7272CC

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC26

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

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