#BCC649#BCC649

#BCC649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.147 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC649
RGB	rgb(188, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -19.69, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 62.53, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.059 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.147 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1368, 51.5614, 14.0347)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC649 #5349C6

analogous

#C69149 #BCC649 #7DC649

triadic

#BCC649 #49BCC6 #C649BC

tetradic

#BCC649 #49C691 #5349C6 #C6497D

square

#BCC649 #49C691 #5349C6 #C6497D

split-complementary

#BCC649 #497DC6 #9149C6

monochromatic

#6B7123 #97A032 #BCC649 #CDD578 #DEE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BCC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC649

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC649	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.147 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d782',
    500: '#bcc649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc649;
$custom-light: #d3d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79509,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC649

secondary

#3E397A

accent

#4CDC58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC649

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

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