#BCC540#BCC540

#BCC540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.153 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC540
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -19.74, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 65.62, 107.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.06 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.153 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6319, 50.9949, 12.4994)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC540 #4940C5

analogous

#C58B40 #BCC540 #79C540

triadic

#BCC540 #40BCC5 #C540BC

tetradic

#BCC540 #40C58B #4940C5 #C54079

square

#BCC540 #40C58B #4940C5 #C54079

split-complementary

#BCC540 #4079C5 #8B40C5

monochromatic

#656A20 #92992F #BCC540 #CCD36F #DDE29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCC540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BCC540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC540

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC540	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.153 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d67c',
    500: '#bcc540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc540;
$custom-light: #d3d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.06,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79214,
    "c": 0.15267,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC540

secondary

#393574

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC540

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

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