#BCBC52#BCBC52

#BCBC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.129 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC52
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -14.02, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 54.38, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.042 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.129 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2464, 47.2681, 14.9846)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC52 #5252BC

analogous

#BC8752 #BCBC52 #87BC52

triadic

#BCBC52 #52BCBC #BC52BC

tetradic

#BCBC52 #52BC87 #5252BC #BC5287

square

#BCBC52 #52BC87 #5252BC #BC5287

split-complementary

#BCBC52 #5287BC #8752BC

monochromatic

#6A6A29 #97973A #BCBC52 #CDCD7E #DEDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BCBC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC52

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC52	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)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.129 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d086',
    500: '#bcbc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc52;
$custom-light: #d3d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77412,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC52

secondary

#9E9ECC

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC52

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

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