#BCC542#BCC542

#BCC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.151 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC542
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -19.63, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 64.87, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0595 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.151 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6898, 51.0181, 12.8045)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC542 #4B42C5

analogous

#C58D42 #BCC542 #7BC542

triadic

#BCC542 #42BCC5 #C542BC

tetradic

#BCC542 #42C58D #4B42C5 #C5427B

square

#BCC542 #42C58D #4B42C5 #C5427B

split-complementary

#BCC542 #427BC5 #8D42C5

monochromatic

#666C21 #939A2F #BCC542 #CDD371 #DDE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BCC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC542

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC542	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.151 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d67e',
    500: '#bcc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc542;
$custom-light: #d3d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.122,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7923,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC542

secondary

#3A3675

accent

#4BDC55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC542

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

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