#BCBC5A#BCBC5A

#BCBC5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.121 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC5A
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -13.38, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 50.71, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0393 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.121 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5687, 47.3970, 16.6824)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC5A #5A5ABC

analogous

#BC8B5A #BCBC5A #8BBC5A

triadic

#BCBC5A #5ABCBC #BC5ABC

tetradic

#BCBC5A #5ABC8B #5A5ABC #BC5A8B

square

#BCBC5A #5ABC8B #5A5ABC #BC5A8B

split-complementary

#BCBC5A #5A8BBC #8B5ABC

monochromatic

#6F6F2D #9A9A3F #BCBC5A #CECE86 #DFDFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCBC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC5A

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC5A	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.121 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08b',
    500: '#bcbc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc5a;
$custom-light: #d2d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77504,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC5A

secondary

#A4A4CE

accent

#56D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC5A

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

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