#BCC42B#BCC42B

#BCC42B 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	#BCC42B
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -20.23, 69.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 72.22, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0632 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.164 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9164, 50.3466, 9.8475)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC42B #332BC4

analogous

#C4802B #BCC42B #70C42B

triadic

#BCC42B #2BBCC4 #C42BBC

tetradic

#BCC42B #2BC480 #332BC4 #C42B70

square

#BCC42B #2BC480 #332BC4 #C42B70

split-complementary

#BCC42B #2B70C4 #802BC4

monochromatic

#5C6015 #8C9220 #BCC42B #D2D953 #DFE485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BCC42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BCC42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC42B

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC42B	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)

#D3BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.164 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d572',
    500: '#bcc42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc42b;
$custom-light: #d4d572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.137,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7886,
    "c": 0.16375,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC42B

secondary

#2C296B

accent

#41E749

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC42B

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

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