#BCC142#BCC142

#BCC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.147 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC142
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -17.63, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 63.21, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0539 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.147 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7936, 49.2256, 12.5058)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC142 #4742C1

analogous

#C18642 #BCC142 #7CC142

triadic

#BCC142 #42BCC1 #C142BC

tetradic

#BCC142 #42C186 #4742C1 #C1427C

square

#BCC142 #42C186 #4742C1 #C1427C

split-complementary

#BCC142 #427CC1 #8642C1

monochromatic

#646722 #919531 #BCC142 #CCD070 #DDDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#BCC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC142

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC142	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.147 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d37d',
    500: '#bcc142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc142;
$custom-light: #d3d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.362,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78351,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC142

secondary

#9593CC

accent

#4EDA53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC142

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

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