#BCBC48#BCBC48

#BCBC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.137 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC48
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -14.74, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 58.72, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0451 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.137 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8932, 47.1268, 13.1246)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC48 #4848BC

analogous

#BC8248 #BCBC48 #82BC48

triadic

#BCBC48 #48BCBC #BC48BC

tetradic

#BCBC48 #48BC82 #4848BC #BC4882

square

#BCBC48 #48BC82 #4848BC #BC4882

split-complementary

#BCBC48 #4882BC #8248BC

monochromatic

#656525 #929235 #BCBC48 #CCCC75 #DDDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BCBC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC48

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC48	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.137 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d080',
    500: '#bcbc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc48;
$custom-light: #d3d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77311,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC48

secondary

#9696CA

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC48

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

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