#BCCC42#BCCC42

#BCCC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.159 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCCC42
RGB	rgb(188, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -23.07, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 67.83, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0691 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.159 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3163, 54.2711, 13.3467)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCCC42 #5242CC

analogous

#CC9742 #BCCC42 #77CC42

triadic

#BCCC42 #42BCCC #CC42BC

tetradic

#BCCC42 #42CC97 #5242CC #CC4277

square

#BCCC42 #42CC97 #5242CC #CC4277

split-complementary

#BCCC42 #4277CC #9742CC

monochromatic

#6A741F #97A42C #BCCC42 #CDD972 #DEE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BCCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BCCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCCC42

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCCC42	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bccc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.159 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3db7e',
    500: '#bccc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bccc42;
$custom-light: #d3db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bccc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80776,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCCC42

secondary

#3E357D

accent

#47E159

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCCC42

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

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