#BCC759#BCC759

#BCC759 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC759
RGB	rgb(188, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -19.00, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 56.14, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0554 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.135 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9665, 52.2602, 17.2730)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC759 #6459C7

analogous

#C79B59 #BCC759 #85C759

triadic

#BCC759 #59BCC7 #C759BC

tetradic

#BCC759 #59C79B #6459C7 #C75985

square

#BCC759 #59C79B #6459C7 #C75985

split-complementary

#BCC759 #5985C7 #9B59C7

monochromatic

#747C2A #9EAA39 #BCC759 #CED687 #E1E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BCC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC759

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC759	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d78b',
    500: '#bcc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc759;
$custom-light: #d2d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7989,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC759

secondary

#474084

accent

#4FD95D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC759

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

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