#BCBC3C#BCBC3C

#BCBC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.146 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC3C
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 60)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -15.46, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 63.52, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0484 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.146 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5392, 46.9852, 11.2603)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC3C #3C3CBC

analogous

#BC7C3C #BCBC3C #7CBC3C

triadic

#BCBC3C #3CBCBC #BC3CBC

tetradic

#BCBC3C #3CBC7C #3C3CBC #BC3C7C

square

#BCBC3C #3CBC7C #3C3CBC #BC3C7C

split-complementary

#BCBC3C #3C7CBC #7C3CBC

monochromatic

#5F5F1E #8E8E2D #BCBC3C #CECE67 #DDDD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCBC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC3C

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC3C	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.146 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf79',
    500: '#bcbc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc3c;
$custom-light: #d3cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7721,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC3C

secondary

#8B8BC9

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC3C

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

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