#BCC459#BCC459

#BCC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.131 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC459
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -17.51, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 54.76, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0512 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.131 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2830, 50.8933, 17.0452)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC459 #6159C4

analogous

#C49659 #BCC459 #86C459

triadic

#BCC459 #59BCC4 #C459BC

tetradic

#BCC459 #59C496 #6159C4 #C45986

square

#BCC459 #59C496 #6159C4 #C45986

split-complementary

#BCC459 #5986C4 #9659C4

monochromatic

#72782B #9DA53B #BCC459 #CED486 #E0E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BCC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC459

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC459	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.131 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d58b',
    500: '#bcc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc459;
$custom-light: #d2d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.486,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79233,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC459

secondary

#454081

accent

#51D75B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC459

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

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