#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
RGBrgb(188, 201, 89)
HSLhsl(67, 51%, 57%)
HSVhsv(67, 56%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(6.5%, 0%, 55.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.98, -20.00, 53.45)
CIE-LCHlch(77.98, 57.07, 110.51°)
OKLaboklab(80.33% -0.0582 0.1244)
OKLCHoklch(80.33% 0.137 115.1)
XYZxyz(43.4297, 53.1865, 17.4274)
Luminance0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BCC9591.001.8011.6411.64
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6421.001.001.00
##00000011.6421.001.001.00

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

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#BCC959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva