#BCBC2F#BCBC2F

#BCBC2F 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	#BCBC2F
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -16.08, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 68.05, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0514 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.154 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2368, 46.8642, 9.6676)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC2F #2F2FBC

analogous

#BC752F #BCBC2F #75BC2F

triadic

#BCBC2F #2FBCBC #BC2FBC

tetradic

#BCBC2F #2FBC75 #2F2FBC #BC2F75

square

#BCBC2F #2FBC75 #2F2FBC #BC2F75

split-complementary

#BCBC2F #2F75BC #752FBC

monochromatic

#5A5A17 #8B8B23 #BCBC2F #D4D454 #E0E085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCBC2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC2F

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC2F	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)

#CBB40C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.154 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf73',
    500: '#bcbc2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc2f;
$custom-light: #d4cf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77123,
    "c": 0.15376,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC2F

secondary

#7D7DCA

accent

#45E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC2F

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

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