#BCC836#BCC836

#BCC836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.162 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC836
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -21.74, 66.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 70.39, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0665 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.162 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0604, 52.2671, 11.3622)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC836 #4236C8

analogous

#C88B36 #BCC836 #73C836

triadic

#BCC836 #36BCC8 #C836BC

tetradic

#BCC836 #36C88B #4236C8 #C83673

square

#BCC836 #36C88B #4236C8 #C83673

split-complementary

#BCC836 #3673C8 #8B36C8

monochromatic

#61681C #8F9829 #BCC836 #CCD666 #DCE396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCC836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BCC836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC836

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC836	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.162 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d878',
    500: '#bcc836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc836;
$custom-light: #d4d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79807,
    "c": 0.16217,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC836

secondary

#363072

accent

#47E154

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC836

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

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