#BCC737#BCC737

#BCC737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.161 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC737
RGB	rgb(188, 199, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -21.20, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 69.65, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0649 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.161 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8533, 51.8149, 11.4102)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC737 #4237C7

analogous

#C78A37 #BCC737 #74C737

triadic

#BCC737 #37BCC7 #C737BC

tetradic

#BCC737 #37C78A #4237C7 #C73774

square

#BCC737 #37C78A #4237C7 #C73774

split-complementary

#BCC737 #3774C7 #8A37C7

monochromatic

#61671C #8F972A #BCC737 #CCD566 #DCE296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BCC737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BCC737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC737

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC737	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)

#D6BD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 199, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.161 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d778',
    500: '#bcc737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc737;
$custom-light: #d4d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79592,
    "c": 0.16052,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC737

secondary

#363171

accent

#48E053

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC737

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

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