#BCBC35#BCBC35

#BCBC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.150 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC35
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -15.81, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 66.05, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0501 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.15 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3663, 46.9160, 10.3495)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC35 #3535BC

analogous

#BC7935 #BCBC35 #79BC35

triadic

#BCBC35 #35BCBC #BC35BC

tetradic

#BCBC35 #35BC79 #3535BC #BC3579

square

#BCBC35 #35BC79 #3535BC #BC3579

split-complementary

#BCBC35 #3579BC #7935BC

monochromatic

#5D5D1A #8C8C28 #BCBC35 #D1D15D #DFDF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCBC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC35

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC35	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)

#CBB41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.150 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf76',
    500: '#bcbc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc35;
$custom-light: #d4cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7716,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC35

secondary

#8484C9

accent

#48DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC35

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

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