#BCC457#BCC457

#BCC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.133 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC457
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -17.67, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 55.66, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0518 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.133 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2002, 50.8601, 16.6089)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC457 #5F57C4

analogous

#C49657 #BCC457 #85C457

triadic

#BCC457 #57BCC4 #C457BC

tetradic

#BCC457 #57C496 #5F57C4 #C45785

square

#BCC457 #57C496 #5F57C4 #C45785

split-complementary

#BCC457 #5785C4 #9657C4

monochromatic

#71772A #9CA43A #BCC457 #CED484 #E0E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BCC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC457

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC457	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.133 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d58a',
    500: '#bcc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc457;
$custom-light: #d2d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.404,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79211,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC457

secondary

#443F80

accent

#50D85A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC457

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

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