#BCC949#BCC949

#BCC949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.151 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC949
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -21.17, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 63.83, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0631 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.151 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8293, 52.9464, 14.2655)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC949 #5649C9

analogous

#C99649 #BCC949 #7CC949

triadic

#BCC949 #49BCC9 #C949BC

tetradic

#BCC949 #49C996 #5649C9 #C9497C

square

#BCC949 #49C996 #5649C9 #C9497C

split-complementary

#BCC949 #497CC9 #9649C9

monochromatic

#6D7523 #98A431 #BCC949 #CDD778 #DFE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BCC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC949

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC949	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.151 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d982',
    500: '#bcc949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc949;
$custom-light: #d3d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.094,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8017,
    "c": 0.15062,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC949

secondary

#40397E

accent

#4ADE59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC949

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

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