#BCBC53#BCBC53

#BCBC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.128 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC53
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -13.95, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 53.93, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0417 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.128 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.2847, 47.2834, 15.1865)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC53 #5353BC

analogous

#BC8753 #BCBC53 #87BC53

triadic

#BCBC53 #53BCBC #BC53BC

tetradic

#BCBC53 #53BC87 #5353BC #BC5387

square

#BCBC53 #53BC87 #5353BC #BC5387

split-complementary

#BCBC53 #5387BC #8753BC

monochromatic

#6B6B2A #97973B #BCBC53 #CDCD7F #DEDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCBC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC53

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC53	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.128 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d087',
    500: '#bcbc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc53;
$custom-light: #d2d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77423,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC53

secondary

#9F9FCC

accent

#54D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC53

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

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