#BCBC47#BCBC47

#BCBC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.138 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC47
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -14.80, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 59.14, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0454 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.138 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8608, 47.1138, 12.9541)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC47 #4747BC

analogous

#BC8147 #BCBC47 #81BC47

triadic

#BCBC47 #47BCBC #BC47BC

tetradic

#BCBC47 #47BC81 #4747BC #BC4781

square

#BCBC47 #47BC81 #4747BC #BC4781

split-complementary

#BCBC47 #4781BC #8147BC

monochromatic

#646424 #919135 #BCBC47 #CCCC74 #DDDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BCBC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC47

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC47	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#CAB538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.138 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d080',
    500: '#bcbc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc47;
$custom-light: #d3d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77302,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC47

secondary

#9595C9

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC47

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

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