#BCC941#BCC941

#BCC941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.156 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC941
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -21.66, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 66.92, 108.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0653 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.156 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5809, 52.8471, 12.9574)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC941 #4E41C9

analogous

#C99241 #BCC941 #78C941

triadic

#BCC941 #41BCC9 #C941BC

tetradic

#BCC941 #41C992 #4E41C9 #C94178

square

#BCC941 #41C992 #4E41C9 #C94178

split-complementary

#BCC941 #4178C9 #9241C9

monochromatic

#687020 #959F2D #BCC941 #CDD771 #DEE4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCC941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BCC941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC941

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC941	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)

#D7BF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.156 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d97d',
    500: '#bcc941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc941;
$custom-light: #d3d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.735,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80105,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC941

secondary

#3C3579

accent

#49DF57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC941

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

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