#BCC840#BCC840

#BCC840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.156 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC840
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -21.22, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 66.88, 108.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0642 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.156 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3199, 52.3709, 12.7287)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC840 #4C40C8

analogous

#C89040 #BCC840 #78C840

triadic

#BCC840 #40BCC8 #C840BC

tetradic

#BCC840 #40C890 #4C40C8 #C84078

square

#BCC840 #40C890 #4C40C8 #C84078

split-complementary

#BCC840 #4078C8 #9040C8

monochromatic

#676E20 #949D2D #BCC840 #CDD670 #DDE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCC840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BCC840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC840

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC840	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.156 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d87d',
    500: '#bcc840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc840;
$custom-light: #d3d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79876,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC840

secondary

#3B3577

accent

#49DF56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC840

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →