#BCC738#BCC738

#BCC738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.160 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC738
RGB	rgb(188, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -21.15, 66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 69.31, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0647 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.16 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8775, 51.8246, 11.5377)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC738 #4338C7

analogous

#C78A38 #BCC738 #75C738

triadic

#BCC738 #38BCC7 #C738BC

tetradic

#BCC738 #38C78A #4338C7 #C73875

square

#BCC738 #38C78A #4338C7 #C73875

split-complementary

#BCC738 #3875C7 #8A38C7

monochromatic

#62671D #8F972B #BCC738 #CCD468 #DCE298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCC738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BCC738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC738

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC738	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.160 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d778',
    500: '#bcc738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc738;
$custom-light: #d4d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79598,
    "c": 0.15994,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC738

secondary

#363272

accent

#48DF54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC738

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

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