#BCC656#BCC656

#BCC656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.136 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC656
RGB	rgb(188, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -18.75, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 57.02, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.055 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.136 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6137, 51.7522, 16.5466)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC656 #6056C6

analogous

#C69856 #BCC656 #84C656

triadic

#BCC656 #56BCC6 #C656BC

tetradic

#BCC656 #56C698 #6056C6 #C65684

square

#BCC656 #56C698 #6056C6 #C65684

split-complementary

#BCC656 #5684C6 #9856C6

monochromatic

#727929 #9DA738 #BCC656 #CED584 #E0E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BCC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC656

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC656	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.136 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d789',
    500: '#bcc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc656;
$custom-light: #d2d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79638,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC656

secondary

#453F81

accent

#4FD95B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC656

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

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