#BCC240#BCC240

#BCC240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.149 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC240
RGB	rgb(188, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -18.25, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 64.39, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0559 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.149 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9575, 49.6461, 12.2746)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC240 #4640C2

analogous

#C28740 #BCC240 #7BC240

triadic

#BCC240 #40BCC2 #C240BC

tetradic

#BCC240 #40C287 #4640C2 #C2407B

square

#BCC240 #40C287 #4640C2 #C2407B

split-complementary

#BCC240 #407BC2 #8740C2

monochromatic

#646721 #909530 #BCC240 #CCD16E #DDE09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCC240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BCC240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC240

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC240	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.149 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d47c',
    500: '#bcc240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc240;
$custom-light: #d3d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.769,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78554,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC240

secondary

#9592CC

accent

#4DDB53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC240

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

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