#BCC449#BCC449

#BCC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.145 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC449
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -18.69, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 61.67, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0562 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.145 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6827, 50.6531, 13.8833)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC449 #5149C4

analogous

#C48E49 #BCC449 #7FC449

triadic

#BCC449 #49BCC4 #C449BC

tetradic

#BCC449 #49C48E #5149C4 #C4497F

square

#BCC449 #49C48E #5149C4 #C4497F

split-complementary

#BCC449 #497FC4 #8E49C4

monochromatic

#6A6F24 #969D33 #BCC449 #CDD377 #DEE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BCC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC449

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC449	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.145 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d581',
    500: '#bcc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc449;
$custom-light: #d3d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.902,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7907,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC449

secondary

#3D3978

accent

#4DDB56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC449

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

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