#BCBC43#BCBC43

#BCBC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.141 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC43
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -15.06, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 60.78, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0466 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.141 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7367, 47.0642, 12.3002)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC43 #4343BC

analogous

#BC8043 #BCBC43 #80BC43

triadic

#BCBC43 #43BCBC #BC43BC

tetradic

#BCBC43 #43BC80 #4343BC #BC4380

square

#BCBC43 #43BC80 #4343BC #BC4380

split-complementary

#BCBC43 #437FBC #7F43BC

monochromatic

#626223 #8F8F33 #BCBC43 #CCCC70 #DCDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BCBC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC43

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC43	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)

#CBB433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.141 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7d',
    500: '#bcbc43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc43;
$custom-light: #d3cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77266,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC43

secondary

#9292C9

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC43

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

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