#BCC042#BCC042

#BCC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.146 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC042
RGB	rgb(188, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -17.13, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 62.80, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0525 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.146 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5733, 48.7850, 12.4323)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC042 #4642C0

analogous

#C08542 #BCC042 #7DC042

triadic

#BCC042 #42BCC0 #C042BC

tetradic

#BCC042 #42C085 #4642C0 #C0427D

square

#BCC042 #42C085 #4642C0 #C0427D

split-complementary

#BCC042 #427DC0 #8542C0

monochromatic

#646622 #909431 #BCC042 #CCCF70 #DDDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BCC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC042

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC042	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.146 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27d',
    500: '#bcc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc042;
$custom-light: #d3d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78132,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC042

secondary

#9593CB

accent

#4EDA53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC042

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

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