#BCBC3E#BCBC3E

#BCBC3E 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	#BCBC3E
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -15.35, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 62.75, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0479 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.145 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.5931, 47.0067, 11.5441)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC3E #3E3EBC

analogous

#BC7D3E #BCBC3E #7DBC3E

triadic

#BCBC3E #3EBCBC #BC3EBC

tetradic

#BCBC3E #3EBC7D #3E3EBC #BC3E7D

square

#BCBC3E #3EBC7D #3E3EBC #BC3E7D

split-complementary

#BCBC3E #3E7DBC #7D3EBC

monochromatic

#606020 #8E8E2F #BCBC3E #CECE6A #DDDD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCBC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC3E

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC3E	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)

#CBB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7a',
    500: '#bcbc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc3e;
$custom-light: #d3cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77225,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC3E

secondary

#8D8DC9

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC3E

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

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