#BCC259#BCC259

#BCC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.129 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC259
RGB	rgb(188, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -16.50, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 53.85, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0483 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.129 112)
XYZ	xyz(41.8349, 49.9970, 16.8959)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC259 #5F59C2

analogous

#C29459 #BCC259 #87C259

triadic

#BCC259 #59BCC2 #C259BC

tetradic

#BCC259 #59C294 #5F59C2 #C25987

square

#BCC259 #59C294 #5F59C2 #C25987

split-complementary

#BCC259 #5987C2 #9459C2

monochromatic

#71752B #9CA23C #BCC259 #CED286 #E0E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BCC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC259

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC259	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.129 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d48b',
    500: '#bcc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc259;
$custom-light: #d2d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78796,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC259

secondary

#A8A6D1

accent

#52D659

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC259

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

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