#BCBC38#BCBC38

#BCBC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.149 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC38
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -15.67, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 64.99, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0494 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.149 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4375, 46.9445, 10.7244)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC38 #3838BC

analogous

#BC7A38 #BCBC38 #7ABC38

triadic

#BCBC38 #38BCBC #BC38BC

tetradic

#BCBC38 #38BC7A #3838BC #BC387A

square

#BCBC38 #38BC7A #3838BC #BC387A

split-complementary

#BCBC38 #387ABC #7A38BC

monochromatic

#5E5E1C #8D8D2A #BCBC38 #D0D061 #DEDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCBC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC38

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC38	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.149 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf77',
    500: '#bcbc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc38;
$custom-light: #d4cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77181,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC38

secondary

#8787C9

accent

#4ADD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC38

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

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