#BCBC39#BCBC39

#BCBC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.148 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC39
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -15.62, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 64.63, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0492 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.148 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4622, 46.9544, 10.8545)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC39 #3939BC

analogous

#BC7A39 #BCBC39 #7ABC39

triadic

#BCBC39 #39BCBC #BC39BC

tetradic

#BCBC39 #39BC7A #3939BC #BC397A

square

#BCBC39 #39BC7A #3939BC #BC397A

split-complementary

#BCBC39 #397ABC #7A39BC

monochromatic

#5E5E1D #8D8D2B #BCBC39 #D0D063 #DEDE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCBC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC39

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC39	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)

#CBB423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.148 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf78',
    500: '#bcbc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc39;
$custom-light: #d4cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77188,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC39

secondary

#8888C9

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC39

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

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