#BCC440#BCC440

#BCC440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.152 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC440
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -19.25, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 65.21, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0586 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.152 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4056, 50.5423, 12.4240)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC440 #4840C4

analogous

#C48A40 #BCC440 #7AC440

triadic

#BCC440 #40BCC4 #C440BC

tetradic

#BCC440 #40C48A #4840C4 #C4407A

square

#BCC440 #40C48A #4840C4 #C4407A

split-complementary

#BCC440 #407AC4 #8A40C4

monochromatic

#656920 #92982F #BCC440 #CCD26F #DDE19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BCC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC440

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC440	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.152 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d57c',
    500: '#bcc440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc440;
$custom-light: #d3d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78994,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC440

secondary

#393573

accent

#4CDC54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC440

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

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