#BCC437#BCC437

#BCC437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.157 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC437
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -19.72, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 68.45, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0608 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.157 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1698, 50.4480, 11.1824)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC437 #3F37C4

analogous

#C48637 #BCC437 #76C437

triadic

#BCC437 #37BCC4 #C437BC

tetradic

#BCC437 #37C486 #3F37C4 #C43776

square

#BCC437 #37C486 #3F37C4 #C43776

split-complementary

#BCC437 #3776C4 #8637C4

monochromatic

#60641C #8E942A #BCC437 #CDD465 #DDE194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BCC437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BCC437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC437

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC437	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.157 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d578',
    500: '#bcc437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc437;
$custom-light: #d4d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.404,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7893,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC437

secondary

#34306F

accent

#48DF51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC437

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

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