#BCC837#BCC837

#BCC837 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 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC837
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -21.69, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 70.05, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0663 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.162 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0841, 52.2766, 11.4871)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC837 #4337C8

analogous

#C88C37 #BCC837 #73C837

triadic

#BCC837 #37BCC8 #C837BC

tetradic

#BCC837 #37C88C #4337C8 #C83773

square

#BCC837 #37C88C #4337C8 #C83773

split-complementary

#BCC837 #3773C8 #8C37C8

monochromatic

#62681D #8F982A #BCC837 #CCD567 #DCE297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCC837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BCC837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC837

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC837	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.162 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d878',
    500: '#bcc837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc837;
$custom-light: #d4d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.966,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79813,
    "c": 0.16159,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC837

secondary

#363172

accent

#48E054

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC837

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

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