#BCC842#BCC842

#BCC842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.155 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC842
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -21.11, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 66.13, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0637 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.155 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3778, 52.3940, 13.0339)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC842 #4E42C8

analogous

#C89142 #BCC842 #79C842

triadic

#BCC842 #42BCC8 #C842BC

tetradic

#BCC842 #42C891 #4E42C8 #C84279

square

#BCC842 #42C891 #4E42C8 #C84279

split-complementary

#BCC842 #4279C8 #9142C8

monochromatic

#686F20 #959F2E #BCC842 #CDD671 #DEE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BCC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC842

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC842	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.155 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d87e',
    500: '#bcc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc842;
$custom-light: #d3d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.373,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79891,
    "c": 0.15458,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC842

secondary

#3C3679

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC842

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

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