#BCC040#BCC040

#BCC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.147 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC040
RGB	rgb(188, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -17.25, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 63.58, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.053 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.147 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5153, 48.7618, 12.1272)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC040 #4440C0

analogous

#C08440 #BCC040 #7CC040

triadic

#BCC040 #40BCC0 #C040BC

tetradic

#BCC040 #40C084 #4440C0 #C0407C

square

#BCC040 #40C084 #4440C0 #C0407C

split-complementary

#BCC040 #407CC0 #8440C0

monochromatic

#626421 #8F9230 #BCC040 #CCCF6E #DCDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BCC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC040

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC040	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.147 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27c',
    500: '#bcc040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc040;
$custom-light: #d3d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78116,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC040

secondary

#9391CB

accent

#4EDA52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC040

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

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