#BCBC31#BCBC31

#BCBC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.153 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC31
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -15.99, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 67.40, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.051 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.153 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2781, 46.8807, 9.8850)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC31 #3131BC

analogous

#BC7731 #BCBC31 #77BC31

triadic

#BCBC31 #31BCBC #BC31BC

tetradic

#BCBC31 #31BC77 #3131BC #BC3177

square

#BCBC31 #31BC77 #3131BC #BC3177

split-complementary

#BCBC31 #3177BC #7731BC

monochromatic

#5B5B18 #8B8B24 #BCBC31 #D3D357 #E0E088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCBC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC31

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC31	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.153 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf74',
    500: '#bcbc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc31;
$custom-light: #d4cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77135,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC31

secondary

#7F7FCA

accent

#46E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC31

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

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