#BCBC2E#BCBC2E

#BCBC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.154 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC2E
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -16.12, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 68.37, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0516 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.154 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2169, 46.8563, 9.5626)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC2E #2E2EBC

analogous

#BC752E #BCBC2E #75BC2E

triadic

#BCBC2E #2EBCBC #BC2EBC

tetradic

#BCBC2E #2EBC75 #2E2EBC #BC2E75

square

#BCBC2E #2EBC75 #2E2EBC #BC2E75

split-complementary

#BCBC2E #2E75BC #752EBC

monochromatic

#5A5A16 #8B8B22 #BCBC2E #D5D552 #E1E184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCBC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC2E

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC2E	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#CBB409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.154 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf72',
    500: '#bcbc2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc2e;
$custom-light: #d4cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77118,
    "c": 0.15429,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC2E

secondary

#7C7CCA

accent

#44E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC2E

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

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