#BCC16D#BCC16D

#BCC16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.108 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC16D
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 43.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -14.13, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 43.90, 108.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0396 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.108 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5699, 49.9362, 21.8611)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC16D #726DC1

analogous

#C19C6D #BCC16D #92C16D

triadic

#BCC16D #6DBCC1 #C16DBC

tetradic

#BCC16D #6DC19C #726DC1 #C16D92

square

#BCC16D #6DC19C #726DC1 #C16D92

split-complementary

#BCC16D #6D92C1 #9C6DC1

monochromatic

#7A7E36 #A3A948 #BCC16D #D0D398 #E3E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BCC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC16D

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC16D	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.108 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d398',
    500: '#bcc16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc16d;
$custom-light: #d1d398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.571,
    "s": 40.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78843,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC16D

secondary

#B6B4D5

accent

#58D05F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC16D

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

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