#BCBC50#BCBC50

#BCBC50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.130 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC50
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -14.18, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 55.27, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0427 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.13 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1714, 47.2381, 14.5896)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC50 #5050BC

analogous

#BC8650 #BCBC50 #86BC50

triadic

#BCBC50 #50BCBC #BC50BC

tetradic

#BCBC50 #50BC86 #5050BC #BC5086

square

#BCBC50 #50BC86 #5050BC #BC5086

split-complementary

#BCBC50 #5086BC #8650BC

monochromatic

#696928 #969639 #BCBC50 #CDCD7C #DEDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BCBC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC50

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC50	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.130 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d085',
    500: '#bcbc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc50;
$custom-light: #d3d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77391,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC50

secondary

#9C9CCB

accent

#53D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC50

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

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