#BCC238#BCC238

#BCC238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.155 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC238
RGB	rgb(188, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -18.68, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 67.32, 106.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0578 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.155 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.7459, 49.5615, 11.1605)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC238 #3E38C2

analogous

#C28338 #BCC238 #77C238

triadic

#BCC238 #38BCC2 #C238BC

tetradic

#BCC238 #38C283 #3E38C2 #C23877

square

#BCC238 #38C283 #3E38C2 #C23877

split-complementary

#BCC238 #3877C2 #8338C2

monochromatic

#60631D #8E932A #BCC238 #CED265 #DDE094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCC238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BCC238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC238

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC238	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.155 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d478',
    500: '#bcc238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc238;
$custom-light: #d4d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78496,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.4956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC238

secondary

#8D8ACB

accent

#49DF50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC238

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

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