#BCC739#BCC739

#BCC739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.159 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC739
RGB	rgb(188, 199, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 71.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -21.10, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 68.97, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0645 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.159 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9022, 51.8345, 11.6678)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC739 #4439C7

analogous

#C78B39 #BCC739 #75C739

triadic

#BCC739 #39BCC7 #C739BC

tetradic

#BCC739 #39C78B #4439C7 #C73975

square

#BCC739 #39C78B #4439C7 #C73975

split-complementary

#BCC739 #3975C7 #8B39C7

monochromatic

#62681D #8F982B #BCC739 #CCD469 #DCE298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCC739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BCC739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC739

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC739	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 199, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.159 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d779',
    500: '#bcc739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc739;
$custom-light: #d4d779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.648,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79605,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC739

secondary

#373272

accent

#49DF54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC739

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

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