#BCC049#BCC049

#BCC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.141 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC049
RGB	rgb(188, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -16.69, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 59.97, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0505 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.141 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7924, 48.8727, 13.5866)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC049 #4D49C0

analogous

#C08949 #BCC049 #81C049

triadic

#BCC049 #49BCC0 #C049BC

tetradic

#BCC049 #49C089 #4D49C0 #C04981

square

#BCC049 #49C089 #4D49C0 #C04981

split-complementary

#BCC049 #4981C0 #8949C0

monochromatic

#686A25 #949734 #BCC049 #CDD076 #DDDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BCC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BCC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC049

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC049	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.141 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d281',
    500: '#bcc049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc049;
$custom-light: #d3d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78193,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC049

secondary

#9A98CC

accent

#50D854

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC049

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

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