#BCBC4A#BCBC4A

#BCBC4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.136 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC4A
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -14.60, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 57.88, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0445 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.136 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9595, 47.1533, 13.4738)
Luminance	0.4715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC4A #4A4ABC

analogous

#BC834A #BCBC4A #83BC4A

triadic

#BCBC4A #4ABCBC #BC4ABC

tetradic

#BCBC4A #4ABC83 #4A4ABC #BC4A83

square

#BCBC4A #4ABC83 #4A4ABC #BC4A83

split-complementary

#BCBC4A #4A83BC #834ABC

monochromatic

#666626 #939336 #BCBC4A #CDCD77 #DDDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BCBC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC4A

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC4A	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)

#CAB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.136 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d081',
    500: '#bcbc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc4a;
$custom-light: #d3d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7733,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC4A

secondary

#9898CA

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC4A

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

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