#BCC856#BCC856

#BCC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.139 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC856
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -19.74, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 57.93, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0578 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.139 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0739, 52.6725, 16.7000)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC856 #6256C8

analogous

#C89B56 #BCC856 #83C856

triadic

#BCC856 #56BCC8 #C856BC

tetradic

#BCC856 #56C89B #6256C8 #C85683

square

#BCC856 #56C89B #6256C8 #C85683

split-complementary

#BCC856 #5683C8 #9B56C8

monochromatic

#737B28 #9EAA37 #BCC856 #CED784 #E1E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BCC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC856

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC856	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.139 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d88a',
    500: '#bcc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc856;
$custom-light: #d2d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80077,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC856

secondary

#463F84

accent

#4DDA5C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC856

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

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