#BCBC44#BCBC44

#BCBC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.140 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC44
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -14.99, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 60.38, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0463 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.14 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7669, 47.0763, 12.4596)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC44 #4444BC

analogous

#BC8044 #BCBC44 #80BC44

triadic

#BCBC44 #44BCBC #BC44BC

tetradic

#BCBC44 #44BC80 #4444BC #BC4480

square

#BCBC44 #44BC80 #4444BC #BC4480

split-complementary

#BCBC44 #4480BC #8044BC

monochromatic

#626223 #8F8F33 #BCBC44 #CCCC71 #DCDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BCBC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC44

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC44	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.140 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7e',
    500: '#bcbc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc44;
$custom-light: #d3cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77275,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC44

secondary

#9393C9

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC44

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

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