#BCBC33#BCBC33

#BCBC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.152 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC33
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -15.90, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 66.74, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0505 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.152 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3212, 46.8980, 10.1122)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC33 #3333BC

analogous

#BC7833 #BCBC33 #78BC33

triadic

#BCBC33 #33BCBC #BC33BC

tetradic

#BCBC33 #33BC78 #3333BC #BC3378

square

#BCBC33 #33BC78 #3333BC #BC3378

split-complementary

#BCBC33 #3378BC #7833BC

monochromatic

#5C5C19 #8C8C26 #BCBC33 #D2D25A #DFDF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCBC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC33

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC33	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)

#CBB417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.152 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf75',
    500: '#bcbc33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc33;
$custom-light: #d4cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77148,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC33

secondary

#8181C9

accent

#47E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC33

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

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