#BCC174#BCC174

#BCC174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.100 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC174
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 40%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 39.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -13.37, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 40.43, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0369 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.1 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9619, 50.0929, 23.9253)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC174 #7974C1

analogous

#C19F74 #BCC174 #95C174

triadic

#BCC174 #74BCC1 #C174BC

tetradic

#BCC174 #74C19F #7974C1 #C17495

square

#BCC174 #74C19F #7974C1 #C17495

split-complementary

#BCC174 #7495C1 #9F74C1

monochromatic

#7C813A #A5AB4C #BCC174 #D0D49E #E5E7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BCC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC174

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC174	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.100 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d39d',
    500: '#bcc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc174;
$custom-light: #d1d39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.896,
    "s": 38.308,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78951,
    "c": 0.09993,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC174

secondary

#534F8A

accent

#34B13C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC174

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

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