#BCC950#BCC950

#BCC950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.145 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC950
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -20.69, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 60.96, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0611 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.145 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0746, 53.0445, 15.5573)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC950 #5D50C9

analogous

#C99950 #BCC950 #80C950

triadic

#BCC950 #50BCC9 #C950BC

tetradic

#BCC950 #50C999 #5D50C9 #C95080

square

#BCC950 #50C999 #5D50C9 #C95080

split-complementary

#BCC950 #5080C9 #9950C9

monochromatic

#707925 #9BA834 #BCC950 #CED77F #E0E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BCC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC950

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC950	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.145 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d986',
    500: '#bcc950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc950;
$custom-light: #d3d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.446,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80235,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC950

secondary

#433C82

accent

#4CDC5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC950

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

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