#BCC037#BCC037

#BCC037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.153 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC037
RGB	rgb(188, 192, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 71.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -17.73, 64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 66.89, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0553 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.153 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2796, 48.6675, 10.8856)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC037 #3B37C0

analogous

#C07F37 #BCC037 #77C037

triadic

#BCC037 #37BCC0 #C037BC

tetradic

#BCC037 #37C07F #3B37C0 #C03777

square

#BCC037 #37C07F #3B37C0 #C03777

split-complementary

#BCC037 #3777C0 #7F37C0

monochromatic

#5F611C #8D9029 #BCC037 #CFD262 #DDE092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCC037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BCC037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC037

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC037	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 192, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.153 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d277',
    500: '#bcc037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc037;
$custom-light: #d4d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.752,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7805,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC037

secondary

#8A88CB

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC037

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

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