#BCBC46#BCBC46

#BCBC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.139 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC46
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -14.87, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 59.56, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.0457 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.139 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8290, 47.1011, 12.7865)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC46 #4646BC

analogous

#BC8146 #BCBC46 #81BC46

triadic

#BCBC46 #46BCBC #BC46BC

tetradic

#BCBC46 #46BC81 #4646BC #BC4681

square

#BCBC46 #46BC81 #4646BC #BC4681

split-complementary

#BCBC46 #4681BC #8146BC

monochromatic

#646424 #909034 #BCBC46 #CCCC73 #DDDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCBC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BCBC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC46

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC46	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)

#CAB437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.139 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d07f',
    500: '#bcbc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc46;
$custom-light: #d3d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77293,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC46

secondary

#9595C9

accent

#51D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC46

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

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