#BCBC42#BCBC42

#BCBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.142 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC42
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -15.12, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 61.18, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0468 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.142 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7069, 47.0523, 12.1436)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC42 #4242BC

analogous

#BC7F42 #BCBC42 #7FBC42

triadic

#BCBC42 #42BCBC #BC42BC

tetradic

#BCBC42 #42BC7F #4242BC #BC427F

square

#BCBC42 #42BC7F #4242BC #BC427F

split-complementary

#BCBC42 #427FBC #7F42BC

monochromatic

#616122 #8F8F32 #BCBC42 #CCCC6F #DCDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BCBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC42

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC42	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)

#CBB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.142 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7d',
    500: '#bcbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc42;
$custom-light: #d3cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77258,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC42

secondary

#9191C9

accent

#50D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC42

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

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