#BCBC55#BCBC55

#BCBC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.126 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC55
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -13.79, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 53.02, 105.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0411 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.126 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.3630, 47.3147, 15.5990)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC55 #5555BC

analogous

#BC8855 #BCBC55 #88BC55

triadic

#BCBC55 #55BCBC #BC55BC

tetradic

#BCBC55 #55BC88 #5555BC #BC5588

square

#BCBC55 #55BC88 #5555BC #BC5588

split-complementary

#BCBC55 #5588BC #8855BC

monochromatic

#6C6C2B #98983C #BCBC55 #CDCD81 #DFDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCBC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC55

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC55	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)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.126 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d088',
    500: '#bcbc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc55;
$custom-light: #d2d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC55

secondary

#A0A0CC

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC55

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

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