#BCC749#BCC749

#BCC749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.148 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC749
RGB	rgb(188, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -20.18, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 62.96, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0604 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.148 114)
XYZ	xyz(42.3661, 52.0200, 14.1111)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC749 #5449C7

analogous

#C79349 #BCC749 #7DC749

triadic

#BCC749 #49BCC7 #C749BC

tetradic

#BCC749 #49C793 #5449C7 #C7497D

square

#BCC749 #49C793 #5449C7 #C7497D

split-complementary

#BCC749 #497DC7 #9349C7

monochromatic

#6B7223 #97A132 #BCC749 #CDD578 #DEE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCC749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BCC749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC749

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC749	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.148 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d782',
    500: '#bcc749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc749;
$custom-light: #d3d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.238,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79729,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.52019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC749

secondary

#3F397B

accent

#4BDC58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC749

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

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