#BCC956#BCC956

#BCC956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.140 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC956
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -20.24, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 58.39, 110.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0592 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.14 115)
XYZ	xyz(43.3063, 53.1372, 16.7775)
Luminance	0.5314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC956 #6356C9

analogous

#C99D56 #BCC956 #83C956

triadic

#BCC956 #56BCC9 #C956BC

tetradic

#BCC956 #56C99D #6356C9 #C95683

square

#BCC956 #56C99D #6356C9 #C95683

split-complementary

#BCC956 #5683C9 #9D56C9

monochromatic

#737D28 #9EAB37 #BCC956 #CED884 #E1E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#BCC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC956

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC956	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.140 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d98a',
    500: '#bcc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc956;
$custom-light: #d2d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.783,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80297,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.53137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC956

secondary

#463E85

accent

#4DDB5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC956

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

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