#BCC338#BCC338

#BCC338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.156 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC338
RGB	rgb(188, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -19.18, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 67.71, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0592 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.156 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9692, 50.0081, 11.2350)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC338 #3F38C3

analogous

#C38538 #BCC338 #76C338

triadic

#BCC338 #38BCC3 #C338BC

tetradic

#BCC338 #38C385 #3F38C3 #C33876

square

#BCC338 #38C385 #3F38C3 #C33876

split-complementary

#BCC338 #3876C3 #8538C3

monochromatic

#60641D #8E932A #BCC338 #CDD365 #DDE195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCC338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BCC338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC338

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC338	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)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.156 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d578',
    500: '#bcc338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc338;
$custom-light: #d4d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78716,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC338

secondary

#34316E

accent

#49DF51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC338

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

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