#BCC939#BCC939

#BCC939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.161 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC939
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -22.08, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 69.78, 108.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0672 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.161 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3654, 52.7608, 11.8222)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC939 #4639C9

analogous

#C98E39 #BCC939 #74C939

triadic

#BCC939 #39BCC9 #C939BC

tetradic

#BCC939 #39C98E #4639C9 #C93974

square

#BCC939 #39C98E #4639C9 #C93974

split-complementary

#BCC939 #3974C9 #8E39C9

monochromatic

#646B1D #909B2A #BCC939 #CCD669 #DDE399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCC939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BCC939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC939

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC939	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)

#D7BF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.161 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d979',
    500: '#bcc939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc939;
$custom-light: #d4d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.417,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80047,
    "c": 0.16149,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC939

secondary

#383274

accent

#47E055

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC939

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

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