#BCC342#BCC342

#BCC342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.149 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC342
RGB	rgb(188, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -18.63, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 64.03, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0567 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.149 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2387, 50.1158, 12.6542)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC342 #4942C3

analogous

#C38942 #BCC342 #7BC342

triadic

#BCC342 #42BCC3 #C342BC

tetradic

#BCC342 #42C389 #4942C3 #C3427B

square

#BCC342 #42C389 #4942C3 #C3427B

split-complementary

#BCC342 #427BC3 #8942C3

monochromatic

#656921 #929830 #BCC342 #CCD270 #DDE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCC342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BCC342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC342

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC342	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)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.149 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d57d',
    500: '#bcc342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc342;
$custom-light: #d3d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.256,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC342

secondary

#393673

accent

#4DDB54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC342

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

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