#BCBC28#BCBC28

#BCBC28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.157 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC28
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -16.35, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 70.16, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0527 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.157 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1068, 46.8122, 8.9827)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC28 #2828BC

analogous

#BC7228 #BCBC28 #72BC28

triadic

#BCBC28 #28BCBC #BC28BC

tetradic

#BCBC28 #28BC72 #2828BC #BC2872

square

#BCBC28 #28BC72 #2828BC #BC2872

split-complementary

#BCBC28 #2872BC #7228BC

monochromatic

#575713 #8A8A1D #BCBC28 #D8D849 #E3E37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBC28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCBC28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC28

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC28	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)

#CDB835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.157 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf70',
    500: '#bcbc28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc28;
$custom-light: #d4cf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77086,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC28

secondary

#7575CB

accent

#40E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC28

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

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