#BCC340#BCC340

#BCC340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.151 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC340
RGB	rgb(188, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -18.75, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 64.80, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0572 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.151 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1808, 50.0927, 12.3490)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC340 #4740C3

analogous

#C38840 #BCC340 #7AC340

triadic

#BCC340 #40BCC3 #C340BC

tetradic

#BCC340 #40C388 #4740C3 #C3407A

square

#BCC340 #40C388 #4740C3 #C3407A

split-complementary

#BCC340 #407AC3 #8840C3

monochromatic

#646821 #91972F #BCC340 #CCD26F #DDE09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCC340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BCC340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC340

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC340	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)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.151 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d57c',
    500: '#bcc340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc340;
$custom-light: #d3d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78774,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC340

secondary

#383572

accent

#4CDC54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC340

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

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