#BCC140#BCC140

#BCC140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.148 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC140
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -17.75, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 63.98, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0545 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.148 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7357, 49.2024, 12.2007)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC140 #4540C1

analogous

#C18640 #BCC140 #7BC140

triadic

#BCC140 #40BCC1 #C140BC

tetradic

#BCC140 #40C186 #4540C1 #C1407B

square

#BCC140 #40C186 #4540C1 #C1407B

split-complementary

#BCC140 #407BC1 #8640C1

monochromatic

#636621 #909430 #BCC140 #CCD06E #DCDF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BCC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC140

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC140	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.148 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d37c',
    500: '#bcc140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc140;
$custom-light: #d3d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.326,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78335,
    "c": 0.14839,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC140

secondary

#9492CB

accent

#4DDA53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC140

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

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