#BCBC34#BCBC34

#BCBC34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.151 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC34
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -15.86, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 66.40, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0503 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.151 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3435, 46.9069, 10.2296)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC34 #3434BC

analogous

#BC7834 #BCBC34 #78BC34

triadic

#BCBC34 #34BCBC #BC34BC

tetradic

#BCBC34 #34BC78 #3434BC #BC3478

square

#BCBC34 #34BC78 #3434BC #BC3478

split-complementary

#BCBC34 #3478BC #7834BC

monochromatic

#5C5C19 #8C8C27 #BCBC34 #D2D25B #DFDF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCBC34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC34

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC34	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)

#CBB419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.151 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf75',
    500: '#bcbc34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc34;
$custom-light: #d4cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77154,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC34

secondary

#8383C9

accent

#48E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC34

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

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