#BCC357#BCC357

#BCC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.132 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC357
RGB	rgb(188, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 55.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -17.17, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 55.21, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0504 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.132 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9754, 50.4105, 16.5340)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC357 #5E57C3

analogous

#C39457 #BCC357 #86C357

triadic

#BCC357 #57BCC3 #C357BC

tetradic

#BCC357 #57C394 #5E57C3 #C35786

square

#BCC357 #57C394 #5E57C3 #C35786

split-complementary

#BCC357 #5786C3 #9457C3

monochromatic

#71762A #9CA33A #BCC357 #CED384 #E0E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BCC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC357

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC357	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.132 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d58a',
    500: '#bcc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc357;
$custom-light: #d2d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.889,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78992,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC357

secondary

#44407F

accent

#51D75A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC357

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

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