#BCC959#BCC959

#BCC959 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.137 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC959
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -20.00, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 57.07, 110.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0582 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.137 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4297, 53.1865, 17.4274)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC959 #6659C9

analogous

#C99E59 #BCC959 #84C959

triadic

#BCC959 #59BCC9 #C959BC

tetradic

#BCC959 #59C99E #6659C9 #C95984

square

#BCC959 #59C99E #6659C9 #C95984

split-complementary

#BCC959 #5984C9 #9E59C9

monochromatic

#757E29 #9FAD38 #BCC959 #CFD887 #E1E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BCC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BCC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC959

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC959	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.137 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d98c',
    500: '#bcc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc959;
$custom-light: #d2d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.964,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80329,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC959

secondary

#484086

accent

#4DDA5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC959

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →