#BCC740#BCC740

#BCC740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.155 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC740
RGB	rgb(188, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -20.73, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 66.46, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0628 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.155 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0890, 51.9092, 12.6518)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC740 #4B40C7

analogous

#C78F40 #BCC740 #79C740

triadic

#BCC740 #40BCC7 #C740BC

tetradic

#BCC740 #40C78F #4B40C7 #C74079

square

#BCC740 #40C78F #4B40C7 #C74079

split-complementary

#BCC740 #4079C7 #8F40C7

monochromatic

#666D20 #939C2E #BCC740 #CDD56F #DDE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BCC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC740

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC740	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.155 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d77d',
    500: '#bcc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc740;
$custom-light: #d3d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79655,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC740

secondary

#3A3576

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC740

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

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