#BCC642#BCC642

#BCC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.152 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC642
RGB	rgb(188, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -20.12, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 65.28, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0609 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.152 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9176, 51.4737, 12.8805)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC642 #4C42C6

analogous

#C68E42 #BCC642 #7AC642

triadic

#BCC642 #42BCC6 #C642BC

tetradic

#BCC642 #42C68E #4C42C6 #C6427A

square

#BCC642 #42C68E #4C42C6 #C6427A

split-complementary

#BCC642 #427AC6 #8E42C6

monochromatic

#676D21 #949C2F #BCC642 #CDD471 #DDE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BCC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC642

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC642	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.152 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d77e',
    500: '#bcc642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc642;
$custom-light: #d3d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7945,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC642

secondary

#3B3676

accent

#4BDD56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC642

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

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