#BCCB42#BCCB42

#BCCB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.158 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCCB42
RGB	rgb(188, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -22.58, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 67.40, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0678 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.158 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0794, 53.7973, 13.2677)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCCB42 #5142CB

analogous

#CB9542 #BCCB42 #78CB42

triadic

#BCCB42 #42BCCB #CB42BC

tetradic

#BCCB42 #42CB95 #5142CB #CB4278

square

#BCCB42 #42CB95 #5142CB #CB4278

split-complementary

#BCCB42 #4278CB #9542CB

monochromatic

#6A7320 #96A32D #BCCB42 #CDD872 #DEE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCCB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BCCB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCCB42

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCCB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCCB42	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bccb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.158 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da7e',
    500: '#bccb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bccb42;
$custom-light: #d3da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bccb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.569,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80555,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCCB42

secondary

#3D357C

accent

#48E058

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCCB42

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

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