#BCCB38#BCCB38

#BCCB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.164 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCCB38
RGB	rgb(188, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -23.11, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 70.94, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0702 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.164 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8099, 53.6895, 11.8485)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCCB38 #4738CB

analogous

#CB9038 #BCCB38 #73CB38

triadic

#BCCB38 #38BCCB #CB38BC

tetradic

#BCCB38 #38CB90 #4738CB #CB3873

square

#BCCB38 #38CB90 #4738CB #CB3873

split-complementary

#BCCB38 #3873CB #9038CB

monochromatic

#646C1C #919D29 #BCCB38 #CCD869 #DDE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCCB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BCCB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCCB38

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCCB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCCB38	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bccb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.164 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4da79',
    500: '#bccb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bccb38;
$custom-light: #d4da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bccb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80484,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCCB38

secondary

#383176

accent

#46E256

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCCB38

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

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