#BCC137#BCC137

#BCC137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.154 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC137
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -18.23, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 67.27, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0567 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.154 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4999, 49.1082, 10.9591)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC137 #3C37C1

analogous

#C18137 #BCC137 #77C137

triadic

#BCC137 #37BCC1 #C137BC

tetradic

#BCC137 #37C181 #3C37C1 #C13777

square

#BCC137 #37C181 #3C37C1 #C13777

split-complementary

#BCC137 #3777C1 #8137C1

monochromatic

#5F621C #8E9129 #BCC137 #CED263 #DDE092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BCC137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BCC137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC137

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC137	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.154 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d377',
    500: '#bcc137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc137;
$custom-light: #d4d377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78269,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC137

secondary

#8B89CB

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC137

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

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