#BCBC51#BCBC51

#BCBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; 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	#BCBC51
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -14.10, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 54.82, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0424 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.13 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2086, 47.2529, 14.7856)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC51 #5151BC

analogous

#BC8651 #BCBC51 #86BC51

triadic

#BCBC51 #51BCBC #BC51BC

tetradic

#BCBC51 #51BC86 #5151BC #BC5186

square

#BCBC51 #51BC86 #5151BC #BC5186

split-complementary

#BCBC51 #5186BC #8651BC

monochromatic

#6A6A29 #96963A #BCBC51 #CDCD7D #DEDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BCBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC51

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC51	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)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.130 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d086',
    500: '#bcbc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc51;
$custom-light: #d3d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77401,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC51

secondary

#9D9DCC

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC51

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

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