#BCBC3D#BCBC3D

#BCBC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.145 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC3D
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -15.40, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 63.14, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0482 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.145 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5659, 46.9959, 11.4009)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC3D #3D3DBC

analogous

#BC7D3D #BCBC3D #7DBC3D

triadic

#BCBC3D #3DBCBC #BC3DBC

tetradic

#BCBC3D #3DBC7D #3D3DBC #BC3D7D

square

#BCBC3D #3DBC7D #3D3DBC #BC3D7D

split-complementary

#BCBC3D #3D7DBC #7D3DBC

monochromatic

#60601F #8E8E2E #BCBC3D #CECE68 #DDDD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCBC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC3D

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC3D	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)

#CBB42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7a',
    500: '#bcbc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc3d;
$custom-light: #d3cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77218,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC3D

secondary

#8C8CC9

accent

#4DDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC3D

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

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