#BCC487#BCC487

#BCC487 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.081 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC487
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(68, 34%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 31%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 31.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -12.60, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 32.33, 112.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0336 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.081 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8521, 51.9209, 30.5759)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC487 #8F87C4

analogous

#C4AE87 #BCC487 #9EC487

triadic

#BCC487 #87BCC4 #C487BC

tetradic

#BCC487 #87C4AE #8F87C4 #C4879E

square

#BCC487 #87C4AE #8F87C4 #C4879E

split-complementary

#BCC487 #879EC4 #AE87C4

monochromatic

#838C45 #A5B05E #BCC487 #D3D8B0 #EAECD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BCC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC487

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC487	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.081 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d5aa',
    500: '#bcc487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc487;
$custom-light: #d1d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.869,
    "s": 34.078,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79928,
    "c": 0.08146,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC487

secondary

#635B94

accent

#39AD48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC487

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

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