#BCC96A#BCC96A

#BCC96A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.121 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC96A
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 106)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 47.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -18.46, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 49.26, 112.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0522 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.121 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2277, 53.5058, 21.6306)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC96A #776AC9

analogous

#C9A76A #BCC96A #8CC96A

triadic

#BCC96A #6ABCC9 #C96ABC

tetradic

#BCC96A #6AC9A7 #776AC9 #C96A8C

square

#BCC96A #6AC9A7 #776AC9 #C96A8C

split-complementary

#BCC96A #6A8CC9 #A76AC9

monochromatic

#7C8731 #A5B441 #BCC96A #D0D997 #E4EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCC96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BCC96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC96A

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC96A	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C26F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.121 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d997',
    500: '#bcc96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc96a;
$custom-light: #d2d997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.211,
    "s": 46.798,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8054,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC96A

secondary

#52488F

accent

#2BBA3F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC96A

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

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