#BCBC5B#BCBC5B

#BCBC5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.120 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC5B
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -13.29, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 50.25, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.039 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.12 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6116, 47.4141, 16.9080)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC5B #5B5BBC

analogous

#BC8C5B #BCBC5B #8CBC5B

triadic

#BCBC5B #5BBCBC #BC5BBC

tetradic

#BCBC5B #5BBC8C #5B5BBC #BC5B8C

square

#BCBC5B #5BBC8C #5B5BBC #BC5B8C

split-complementary

#BCBC5B #5B8CBC #8C5BBC

monochromatic

#6F6F2D #9B9B3F #BCBC5B #CECE86 #E0E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCBC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC5B

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC5B	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)

#C9B552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.120 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d08c',
    500: '#bcbc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc5b;
$custom-light: #d2d08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77516,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC5B

secondary

#A5A5CE

accent

#56D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC5B

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

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