#BCC838#BCC838

#BCC838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.161 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC838
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -21.64, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 69.72, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0661 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.161 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1083, 52.2862, 11.6147)
Luminance	0.5229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC838 #4438C8

analogous

#C88C38 #BCC838 #74C838

triadic

#BCC838 #38BCC8 #C838BC

tetradic

#BCC838 #38C88C #4438C8 #C83874

square

#BCC838 #38C88C #4438C8 #C83874

split-complementary

#BCC838 #3874C8 #8C38C8

monochromatic

#62691D #8F992A #BCC838 #CCD568 #DCE398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCC838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BCC838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC838

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC838	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.161 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d879',
    500: '#bcc838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc838;
$custom-light: #d4d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79819,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC838

secondary

#373273

accent

#48E055

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC838

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

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