#BCBC3F#BCBC3F

#BCBC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.144 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC3F
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 63)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -15.29, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 62.37, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0476 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.144 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6208, 47.0178, 11.6899)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC3F #3F3FBC

analogous

#BC7E3F #BCBC3F #7EBC3F

triadic

#BCBC3F #3FBCBC #BC3FBC

tetradic

#BCBC3F #3FBC7E #3F3FBC #BC3F7E

square

#BCBC3F #3FBC7E #3F3FBC #BC3F7E

split-complementary

#BCBC3F #3F7EBC #7E3FBC

monochromatic

#606020 #8E8E30 #BCBC3F #CDCD6B #DDDD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCBC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC3F

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC3F	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)

#CBB42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.144 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7b',
    500: '#bcbc3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc3f;
$custom-light: #d3cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77233,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC3F

secondary

#8E8EC9

accent

#4ED94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC3F

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

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