#BCC735#BCC735

#BCC735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.162 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC735
RGB	rgb(188, 199, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -21.29, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 70.32, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0654 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.162 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8063, 51.7961, 11.1628)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC735 #4035C7

analogous

#C78935 #BCC735 #73C735

triadic

#BCC735 #35BCC7 #C735BC

tetradic

#BCC735 #35C789 #4035C7 #C73573

square

#BCC735 #35C789 #4035C7 #C73573

split-complementary

#BCC735 #3573C7 #8935C7

monochromatic

#61661B #8E9728 #BCC735 #CDD664 #DDE294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCC735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BCC735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC735

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC735	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 199, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.162 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d777',
    500: '#bcc735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc735;
$custom-light: #d4d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.521,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79579,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC735

secondary

#353071

accent

#47E152

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC735

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

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