#BCC149#BCC149

#BCC149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.142 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC149
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -17.19, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 60.39, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.052 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.142 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0127, 49.3133, 13.6600)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC149 #4E49C1

analogous

#C18A49 #BCC149 #80C149

triadic

#BCC149 #49BCC1 #C149BC

tetradic

#BCC149 #49C18A #4E49C1 #C14980

square

#BCC149 #49C18A #4E49C1 #C14980

split-complementary

#BCC149 #4980C1 #8A49C1

monochromatic

#686B24 #959934 #BCC149 #CDD177 #DEE0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCC149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BCC149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC149

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC149	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.142 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d381',
    500: '#bcc149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc149;
$custom-light: #d3d381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78412,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC149

secondary

#9B99CD

accent

#4FD955

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC149

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

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