#BCC537#BCC537

#BCC537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.158 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC537
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -20.21, 65.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 68.85, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0622 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.158 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3961, 50.9006, 11.2578)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC537 #4037C5

analogous

#C58737 #BCC537 #75C537

triadic

#BCC537 #37BCC5 #C537BC

tetradic

#BCC537 #37C587 #4037C5 #C53775

square

#BCC537 #37C587 #4037C5 #C53775

split-complementary

#BCC537 #3775C5 #8737C5

monochromatic

#61651C #8E952A #BCC537 #CDD465 #DDE195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCC537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BCC537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC537

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC537	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.158 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d678',
    500: '#bcc537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc537;
$custom-light: #d4d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.803,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7915,
    "c": 0.15841,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC537

secondary

#353170

accent

#48E052

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC537

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

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