#BCBC36#BCBC36

#BCBC36 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	#BCBC36
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -15.76, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 65.70, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0499 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.15 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3895, 46.9253, 10.4719)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC36 #3636BC

analogous

#BC7936 #BCBC36 #79BC36

triadic

#BCBC36 #36BCBC #BC36BC

tetradic

#BCBC36 #36BC79 #3636BC #BC3679

square

#BCBC36 #36BC79 #3636BC #BC3679

split-complementary

#BCBC36 #3679BC #7936BC

monochromatic

#5D5D1B #8C8C28 #BCBC36 #D1D15E #DFDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BCBC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC36

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC36	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)

#CBB41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.150 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf76',
    500: '#bcbc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc36;
$custom-light: #d4cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77167,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC36

secondary

#8585C9

accent

#49DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC36

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

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