#BCC249#BCC249

#BCC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.143 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC249
RGB	rgb(188, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -17.70, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 60.81, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.0534 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.143 112)
XYZ	xyz(41.2346, 49.7569, 13.7339)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC249 #4F49C2

analogous

#C28B49 #BCC249 #80C249

triadic

#BCC249 #49BCC2 #C249BC

tetradic

#BCC249 #49C28B #4F49C2 #C24980

square

#BCC249 #49C28B #4F49C2 #C24980

split-complementary

#BCC249 #4980C2 #8B49C2

monochromatic

#696C24 #959A34 #BCC249 #CDD177 #DEE1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BCC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC249

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC249	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.143 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d481',
    500: '#bcc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc249;
$custom-light: #d3d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.975,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78631,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC249

secondary

#9C99CE

accent

#4ED955

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC249

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

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