#BCC42A#BCC42A

#BCC42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.164 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC42A
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -20.27, 69.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 72.51, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0634 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.164 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8983, 50.3394, 9.7521)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC42A #322AC4

analogous

#C47F2A #BCC42A #6FC42A

triadic

#BCC42A #2ABCC4 #C42ABC

tetradic

#BCC42A #2AC47F #322AC4 #C42A6F

square

#BCC42A #2AC47F #322AC4 #C42A6F

split-complementary

#BCC42A #2A6FC4 #7F2AC4

monochromatic

#5B5F14 #8C921F #BCC42A #D3DA51 #E0E584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCC42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BCC42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC42A

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC42A	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.164 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d572',
    500: '#bcc42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc42a;
$custom-light: #d4d572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78855,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC42A

secondary

#2B286A

accent

#40E849

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC42A

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

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