#BCC83B#BCC83B

#BCC83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.159 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC83B
RGB	rgb(188, 200, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -21.49, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 68.68, 108.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0654 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.159 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1839, 52.3165, 12.0127)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC83B #473BC8

analogous

#C88D3B #BCC83B #76C83B

triadic

#BCC83B #3BBCC8 #C83BBC

tetradic

#BCC83B #3BC88D #473BC8 #C83B76

square

#BCC83B #3BC88D #473BC8 #C83B76

split-complementary

#BCC83B #3B76C8 #8D3BC8

monochromatic

#646B1E #919A2B #BCC83B #CCD56B #DDE39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCC83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BCC83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC83B

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC83B	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)

#D6BE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.159 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d87a',
    500: '#bcc83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc83b;
$custom-light: #d4d87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7984,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC83B

secondary

#383374

accent

#48DF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC83B

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

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