#BCC96D#BCC96D

#BCC96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.118 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC96D
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 45.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -18.16, 44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 47.83, 112.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0511 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.118 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3865, 53.5693, 22.4667)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC96D #7A6DC9

analogous

#C9A86D #BCC96D #8EC96D

triadic

#BCC96D #6DBCC9 #C96DBC

tetradic

#BCC96D #6DC9A8 #7A6DC9 #C96D8E

square

#BCC96D #6DC9A8 #7A6DC9 #C96D8E

split-complementary

#BCC96D #6D8EC9 #A86DC9

monochromatic

#7D8933 #A5B643 #BCC96D #D1DA9A #E5EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BCC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC96D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC96D	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.118 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d999',
    500: '#bcc96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc96d;
$custom-light: #d2d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.478,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80582,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC96D

secondary

#544A90

accent

#2CB940

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC96D

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

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