#BCC356#BCC356

#BCC356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.133 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC356
RGB	rgb(188, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 55.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -17.25, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 55.66, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0508 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.133 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9348, 50.3943, 16.3203)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC356 #5D56C3

analogous

#C39356 #BCC356 #86C356

triadic

#BCC356 #56BCC3 #C356BC

tetradic

#BCC356 #56C393 #5D56C3 #C35686

square

#BCC356 #56C393 #5D56C3 #C35686

split-complementary

#BCC356 #5686C3 #9356C3

monochromatic

#70752A #9BA23A #BCC356 #CED383 #E0E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC356

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC356	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.133 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d589',
    500: '#bcc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc356;
$custom-light: #d2d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.853,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78981,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC356

secondary

#433F7E

accent

#51D759

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC356

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

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