#BCC859#BCC859

#BCC859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.136 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC859
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -19.50, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 56.61, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0568 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.136 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1973, 52.7218, 17.3500)
Luminance	0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC859 #6559C8

analogous

#C89C59 #BCC859 #85C859

triadic

#BCC859 #59BCC8 #C859BC

tetradic

#BCC859 #59C89C #6559C8 #C85985

square

#BCC859 #59C89C #6559C8 #C85985

split-complementary

#BCC859 #5985C8 #9C59C8

monochromatic

#747D29 #9FAB39 #BCC859 #CFD787 #E1E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#BCC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC859

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC859	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.136 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d88b',
    500: '#bcc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc859;
$custom-light: #d2d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8011,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC859

secondary

#474085

accent

#4EDA5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC859

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

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