#BCBC3B#BCBC3B

#BCBC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.147 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC3B
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -15.51, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 63.89, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0487 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.147 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5130, 46.9747, 11.1224)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC3B #3B3BBC

analogous

#BC7B3B #BCBC3B #7BBC3B

triadic

#BCBC3B #3BBCBC #BC3BBC

tetradic

#BCBC3B #3BBC7B #3B3BBC #BC3B7B

square

#BCBC3B #3BBC7B #3B3BBC #BC3B7B

split-complementary

#BCBC3B #3B7BBC #7B3BBC

monochromatic

#5F5F1E #8D8D2C #BCBC3B #CFCF65 #DDDD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCBC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC3B

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC3B	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)

#CBB427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.147 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf79',
    500: '#bcbc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc3b;
$custom-light: #d3cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77202,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC3B

secondary

#8A8AC9

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC3B

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

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