#BCBC57#BCBC57

#BCBC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.124 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC57
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -13.63, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 52.10, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0404 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.124 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.4436, 47.3469, 16.0234)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC57 #5757BC

analogous

#BC8A57 #BCBC57 #8ABC57

triadic

#BCBC57 #57BCBC #BC57BC

tetradic

#BCBC57 #57BC8A #5757BC #BC578A

square

#BCBC57 #57BC8A #5757BC #BC578A

split-complementary

#BCBC57 #578ABC #8A57BC

monochromatic

#6D6D2C #99993D #BCBC57 #CDCD83 #DFDFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCBC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCBC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC57

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC57	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.124 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d089',
    500: '#bcbc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc57;
$custom-light: #d2d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77468,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC57

secondary

#A2A2CD

accent

#55D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC57

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

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