#BCC538#BCC538

#BCC538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.158 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC538
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -20.17, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 68.51, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.062 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.158 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4204, 50.9103, 11.3853)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC538 #4138C5

analogous

#C58838 #BCC538 #75C538

triadic

#BCC538 #38BCC5 #C538BC

tetradic

#BCC538 #38C588 #4138C5 #C53875

square

#BCC538 #38C588 #4138C5 #C53875

split-complementary

#BCC538 #3875C5 #8838C5

monochromatic

#61661D #8F952A #BCC538 #CDD467 #DCE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCC538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BCC538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC538

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC538	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)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.158 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d678',
    500: '#bcc538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc538;
$custom-light: #d4d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.83,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79157,
    "c": 0.15782,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC538

secondary

#353170

accent

#49DF52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC538

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

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