#BCC638#BCC638

#BCC638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.159 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC638
RGB	rgb(188, 198, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -20.66, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 68.91, 107.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0633 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.159 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6482, 51.3659, 11.4613)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC638 #4238C6

analogous

#C68938 #BCC638 #75C638

triadic

#BCC638 #38BCC6 #C638BC

tetradic

#BCC638 #38C689 #4238C6 #C63875

square

#BCC638 #38C689 #4238C6 #C63875

split-complementary

#BCC638 #3875C6 #8938C6

monochromatic

#61671D #8F962B #BCC638 #CCD467 #DCE297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCC638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BCC638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC638

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC638	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)

#D5BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 198, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.159 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d778',
    500: '#bcc638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc638;
$custom-light: #d4d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79377,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC638

secondary

#363171

accent

#49DF53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC638

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

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