#BCC242#BCC242

#BCC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.148 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC242
RGB	rgb(188, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -18.13, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 63.62, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0553 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.148 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0154, 49.6692, 12.5797)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC242 #4842C2

analogous

#C28842 #BCC242 #7CC242

triadic

#BCC242 #42BCC2 #C242BC

tetradic

#BCC242 #42C288 #4842C2 #C2427C

square

#BCC242 #42C288 #4842C2 #C2427C

split-complementary

#BCC242 #427CC2 #8842C2

monochromatic

#656822 #929631 #BCC242 #CCD170 #DDE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BCC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC242

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC242	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)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.148 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d47d',
    500: '#bcc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc242;
$custom-light: #d3d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.813,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7857,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC242

secondary

#9694CC

accent

#4DDB54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC242

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

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