#BCC172#BCC172

#BCC172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.102 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC172
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(64, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 40.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -13.59, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 41.42, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0377 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.102 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8468, 50.0469, 23.3192)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC172 #7772C1

analogous

#C19E72 #BCC172 #95C172

triadic

#BCC172 #72BCC1 #C172BC

tetradic

#BCC172 #72C19E #7772C1 #C17295

square

#BCC172 #72C19E #7772C1 #C17295

split-complementary

#BCC172 #7295C1 #9E72C1

monochromatic

#7C8038 #A5AB4B #BCC172 #D0D49D #E4E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BCC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC172

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC172	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.102 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d39c',
    500: '#bcc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc172;
$custom-light: #d1d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.797,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78919,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC172

secondary

#524E89

accent

#34B23C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC172

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

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