#BCC442#BCC442

#BCC442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.150 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC442
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -19.13, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 64.45, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0581 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.15 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4635, 50.5655, 12.7291)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC442 #4A42C4

analogous

#C48B42 #BCC442 #7BC442

triadic

#BCC442 #42BCC4 #C442BC

tetradic

#BCC442 #42C48B #4A42C4 #C4427B

square

#BCC442 #42C48B #4A42C4 #C4427B

split-complementary

#BCC442 #427BC4 #8B42C4

monochromatic

#666A21 #939930 #BCC442 #CDD371 #DDE19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BCC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC442

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC442	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)

#D2BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.150 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d57d',
    500: '#bcc442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc442;
$custom-light: #d3d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7901,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC442

secondary

#3A3674

accent

#4CDC55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC442

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

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