#BCBC40#BCBC40

#BCBC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.143 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC40
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -15.23, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 61.98, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0474 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.143 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6490, 47.0291, 11.8384)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC40 #4040BC

analogous

#BC7E40 #BCBC40 #7EBC40

triadic

#BCBC40 #40BCBC #BC40BC

tetradic

#BCBC40 #40BC7E #4040BC #BC407E

square

#BCBC40 #40BC7E #4040BC #BC407E

split-complementary

#BCBC40 #407EBC #7E40BC

monochromatic

#616121 #8E8E30 #BCBC40 #CDCD6C #DDDD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BCBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC40

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC40	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.143 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7c',
    500: '#bcbc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc40;
$custom-light: #d3cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77241,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC40

secondary

#8F8FC9

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC40

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

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