#BCC940#BCC940

#BCC940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.157 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC940
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -21.71, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 67.30, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0655 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.157 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5522, 52.8356, 12.8062)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC940 #4D40C9

analogous

#C99140 #BCC940 #78C940

triadic

#BCC940 #40BCC9 #C940BC

tetradic

#BCC940 #40C991 #4D40C9 #C94078

square

#BCC940 #40C991 #4D40C9 #C94078

split-complementary

#BCC940 #4078C9 #9140C9

monochromatic

#686F1F #949F2D #BCC940 #CDD670 #DDE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BCC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC940

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC940	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.157 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d97d',
    500: '#bcc940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc940;
$custom-light: #d3d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80097,
    "c": 0.15704,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC940

secondary

#3B3578

accent

#49DF57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC940

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

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