#BCC438#BCC438

#BCC438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.157 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC438
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -19.67, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 68.11, 106.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0606 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.157 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1940, 50.4577, 11.3099)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC438 #4038C4

analogous

#C48638 #BCC438 #76C438

triadic

#BCC438 #38BCC4 #C438BC

tetradic

#BCC438 #38C486 #4038C4 #C43876

square

#BCC438 #38C486 #4038C4 #C43876

split-complementary

#BCC438 #3876C4 #8638C4

monochromatic

#61651D #8E942A #BCC438 #CDD366 #DDE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BCC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC438

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC438	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.157 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d578',
    500: '#bcc438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc438;
$custom-light: #d4d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78936,
    "c": 0.15675,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC438

secondary

#35316F

accent

#49DF51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC438

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

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