#BCBC45#BCBC45

#BCBC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.139 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC45
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -14.93, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 59.97, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.046 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.139 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7977, 47.0886, 12.6217)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC45 #4545BC

analogous

#BC8045 #BCBC45 #80BC45

triadic

#BCBC45 #45BCBC #BC45BC

tetradic

#BCBC45 #45BC80 #4545BC #BC4580

square

#BCBC45 #45BC80 #4545BC #BC4580

split-complementary

#BCBC45 #4580BC #8045BC

monochromatic

#636324 #909034 #BCBC45 #CCCC72 #DCDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BCBC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC45

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC45	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)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.139 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7e',
    500: '#bcbc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc45;
$custom-light: #d3cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77284,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC45

secondary

#9494C9

accent

#51D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC45

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

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