#BCC138#BCC138

#BCC138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.154 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC138
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -18.18, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 66.93, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0564 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.154 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5241, 49.1178, 11.0866)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC138 #3D38C1

analogous

#C18238 #BCC138 #78C138

triadic

#BCC138 #38BCC1 #C138BC

tetradic

#BCC138 #38C182 #3D38C1 #C13878

square

#BCC138 #38C182 #3D38C1 #C13878

split-complementary

#BCC138 #3878C1 #8238C1

monochromatic

#60621C #8E922A #BCC138 #CED264 #DDE094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCC138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BCC138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC138

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC138	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.154 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d378',
    500: '#bcc138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc138;
$custom-light: #d4d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC138

secondary

#8C8ACB

accent

#49DE4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC138

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

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