Information about #BCBC30 color

#BCBC30 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BCBC30 falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(188, 188, 48) — 73.7% red, 73.7% green, 18.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 55 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BCBC30 reads as a clearly saturated golden yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Warm Olive (#C7B63C). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Billy T (#C1B943) and Key Lime Pie (#BFC921).

In RGB terms — rgb(188, 188, 48) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BCBC30: 10.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for white. #BCBC30 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#BCBC30 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BCBC30 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BCBC30

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Warm Olive color link
Warm Olive

#C7B63C

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Key Lime Pie color link
Key Lime Pie

#BFC921

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Old Gold color link
Old Gold

#CFB53B

Funk color link
Funk

#C6AA24

Rio Grande color link
Rio Grande

#B7C61A

Acid Green color link
Acid Green

#B0BF1A

Earls Green color link
Earls Green

#B8A722

Fuego color link
Fuego

#C2D62E

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BCBC30
  • RGB188, 188, 48
  • CMYK0, 0, 55, 26
  • CSSrgb(188, 188, 48)
  • HSL60°, 59%, 46%
  • HSL Precise60°, 59.322%, 46.275%
  • HSV60°, 74%, 74%
  • HSB60°, 74%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.188
  • GLSLvec3(0.737, 0.737, 0.188)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.737, 0.737, 0.188, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.737, 0.737, 0.188)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB18.8%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBCBC30
  • DECIMAL ID12368944
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01