#BCBC2C#BCBC2C

#BCBC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.155 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC2C
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -16.20, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 68.99, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.052 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.155 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1784, 46.8409, 9.3598)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC2C #2C2CBC

analogous

#BC742C #BCBC2C #74BC2C

triadic

#BCBC2C #2CBCBC #BC2CBC

tetradic

#BCBC2C #2CBC74 #2C2CBC #BC2C74

square

#BCBC2C #2CBC74 #2C2CBC #BC2C74

split-complementary

#BCBC2C #2C74BC #742CBC

monochromatic

#595915 #8A8A20 #BCBC2C #D6D64F #E1E181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCBC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCBC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC2C

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC2C	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.155 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf71',
    500: '#bcbc2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc2c;
$custom-light: #d4cf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77107,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC2C

secondary

#7979CA

accent

#43E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC2C

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

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