#BCCB40#BCCB40

#BCCB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.159 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCCB40
RGB	rgb(188, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -22.69, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 68.14, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0683 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.159 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0215, 53.7741, 12.9626)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCCB40 #4F40CB

analogous

#CB9540 #BCCB40 #76CB40

triadic

#BCCB40 #40BCCB #CB40BC

tetradic

#BCCB40 #40CB95 #4F40CB #CB4076

square

#BCCB40 #40CB95 #4F40CB #CB4076

split-complementary

#BCCB40 #4076CB #9540CB

monochromatic

#69721F #95A22C #BCCB40 #CDD870 #DEE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCCB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BCCB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCCB40

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCCB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCCB40	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bccb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.159 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da7d',
    500: '#bccb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bccb40;
$custom-light: #d3da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bccb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.475,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8054,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCCB40

secondary

#3C357B

accent

#47E058

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCCB40

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

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