#BCC849#BCC849

#BCC849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.149 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC849
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -20.68, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 63.40, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0617 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.149 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5970, 52.4817, 14.1881)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC849 #5549C8

analogous

#C89449 #BCC849 #7CC849

triadic

#BCC849 #49BCC8 #C849BC

tetradic

#BCC849 #49C894 #5549C8 #C8497C

square

#BCC849 #49C894 #5549C8 #C8497C

split-complementary

#BCC849 #497CC8 #9449C8

monochromatic

#6C7423 #98A331 #BCC849 #CDD678 #DFE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCC849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BCC849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC849

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC849	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.149 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d882',
    500: '#bcc849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc849;
$custom-light: #d3d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.669,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7995,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC849

secondary

#3F397D

accent

#4BDD59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC849

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

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