#BCBC61#BCBC61

#BCBC61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBC61
RGB	rgb(188, 188, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -12.76, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 47.40, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0368 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.114 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8808, 47.5218, 18.3261)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBC61 #6161BC

analogous

#BC8E61 #BCBC61 #8EBC61

triadic

#BCBC61 #61BCBC #BC61BC

tetradic

#BCBC61 #61BC8E #6161BC #BC618E

square

#BCBC61 #61BC8E #6161BC #BC618E

split-complementary

#BCBC61 #618EBC #8E61BC

monochromatic

#727230 #9D9D43 #BCBC61 #CECE8C #E0E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCBC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCBC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBC61

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBC61	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 188, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d090',
    500: '#bcbc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbc61;
$custom-light: #d2d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77593,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBC61

secondary

#AAAACF

accent

#57D057

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBC61

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

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