#BCC038#BCC038

#BCC038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.153 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC038
RGB	rgb(188, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -17.68, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 66.53, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.055 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.153 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3038, 48.6772, 11.0132)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC038 #3C38C0

analogous

#C08038 #BCC038 #78C038

triadic

#BCC038 #38BCC0 #C038BC

tetradic

#BCC038 #38C080 #3C38C0 #C03878

square

#BCC038 #38C080 #3C38C0 #C03878

split-complementary

#BCC038 #3878C0 #8038C0

monochromatic

#5F611C #8E912A #BCC038 #CED264 #DDDF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCC038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BCC038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC038

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC038	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.153 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d278',
    500: '#bcc038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc038;
$custom-light: #d4d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78057,
    "c": 0.1526,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC038

secondary

#8B89CB

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC038

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

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