#BCC559#BCC559

#BCC559 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.133 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC559
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -18.01, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 55.22, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0526 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.133 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5093, 51.3459, 17.1207)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC559 #6259C5

analogous

#C59859 #BCC559 #86C559

triadic

#BCC559 #59BCC5 #C559BC

tetradic

#BCC559 #59C598 #6259C5 #C55986

square

#BCC559 #59C598 #6259C5 #C55986

split-complementary

#BCC559 #5986C5 #9859C5

monochromatic

#73792A #9EA73A #BCC559 #CED586 #E1E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BCC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC559

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC559	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.133 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d68b',
    500: '#bcc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc559;
$custom-light: #d2d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79452,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC559

secondary

#464082

accent

#50D85B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC559

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

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