#BCC938#BCC938

#BCC938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.162 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC938
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -22.13, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 70.12, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0674 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.162 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3407, 52.7510, 11.6921)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC938 #4538C9

analogous

#C98D38 #BCC938 #74C938

triadic

#BCC938 #38BCC9 #C938BC

tetradic

#BCC938 #38C98D #4538C9 #C93874

square

#BCC938 #38C98D #4538C9 #C93874

split-complementary

#BCC938 #3874C9 #8D38C9

monochromatic

#636A1D #909A2A #BCC938 #CCD668 #DCE398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BCC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC938

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC938	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.162 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d979',
    500: '#bcc938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc938;
$custom-light: #d4d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80041,
    "c": 0.16208,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC938

secondary

#373174

accent

#47E155

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC938

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

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