#BCCE59#BCCE59

#BCCE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCCE59
RGB	rgb(188, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -22.45, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 59.42, 112.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0651 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.143 117)
XYZ	xyz(44.6143, 55.5557, 17.8223)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCCE59 #6B59CE

analogous

#CEA659 #BCCE59 #81CE59

triadic

#BCCE59 #59BCCE #CE59BC

tetradic

#BCCE59 #59CEA6 #6B59CE #CE5981

square

#BCCE59 #59CEA6 #6B59CE #CE5981

split-complementary

#BCCE59 #5981CE #A659CE

monochromatic

#778527 #A1B535 #BCCE59 #CFDC88 #E2EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BCCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#BCCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCCE59

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCCE59	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8c',
    500: '#bcce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcce59;
$custom-light: #d2dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.55555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCCE59

secondary

#4B3F8C

accent

#4ADE61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCCE59

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

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