#BCCC38#BCCC38

#BCCC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.165 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCCC38
RGB	rgb(188, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -23.60, 67.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 71.35, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0715 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.165 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0469, 54.1633, 11.9275)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCCC38 #4838CC

analogous

#CC9238 #BCCC38 #72CC38

triadic

#BCCC38 #38BCCC #CC38BC

tetradic

#BCCC38 #38CC92 #4838CC #CC3872

square

#BCCC38 #38CC92 #4838CC #CC3872

split-complementary

#BCCC38 #3872CC #9238CC

monochromatic

#656E1C #929E29 #BCCC38 #CCD869 #DDE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BCCC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BCCC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCCC38

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCCC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCCC38	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bccc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.165 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4db79',
    500: '#bccc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bccc38;
$custom-light: #d4db79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bccc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80706,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCCC38

secondary

#393177

accent

#45E256

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCCC38

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

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