#BCC97A#BCC97A

#BCC97A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.104 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC97A
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 122)
HSL	hsl(70, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(70, 39%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 39.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -16.74, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 41.50, 113.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0461 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.104 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1388, 53.8702, 26.4286)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC97A #877AC9

analogous

#C9AE7A #BCC97A #94C97A

triadic

#BCC97A #7ABCC9 #C97ABC

tetradic

#BCC97A #7AC9AE #877AC9 #C97A94

square

#BCC97A #7AC9AE #877AC9 #C97A94

split-complementary

#BCC97A #7A94C9 #AE7AC9

monochromatic

#818F3A #A6B74E #BCC97A #D2DBA6 #E8ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BCC97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BCC97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC97A

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC97A	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.104 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d9a1',
    500: '#bcc97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc97a;
$custom-light: #d1d9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.873,
    "s": 42.246,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8078,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC97A

secondary

#5D5196

accent

#30B546

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC97A

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

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