#BCC83E#BCC83E
#BCC83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.157 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BCC83E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(188, 200, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 56%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 69%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 69%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.49, -21.33, 64.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.49, 67.61, 108.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.86% -0.0647 0.1434) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.86% 0.157 114.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.2640, 52.3485, 12.4344) |
| Luminance | 0.5235 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.05
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.11
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.73
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.15
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.38
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 5.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BCC83E #4A3EC8
analogous
#C88F3E #BCC83E #77C83E
triadic
#BCC83E #3EBCC8 #C83EBC
tetradic
#BCC83E #3EC88F #4A3EC8 #C83E77
square
#BCC83E #3EC88F #4A3EC8 #C83E77
split-complementary
#BCC83E #3E77C8 #8F3EC8
monochromatic
#666D1F #939C2D #BCC83E #CDD66E #DDE39D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#BCC83E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.47
#BCC83E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BCC83E
11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BCC83E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BCC83E | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.47 | 11.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BE28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C148
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C8BCAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bcc83e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 200, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.157 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d3d87c',
500: '#bcc83e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bcc83e; $custom-light: #d3d87c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bcc83e",
"rgb": {
"r": 188,
"g": 200,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.217,
"s": 55.645,
"l": 51.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79861,
"c": 0.15727,
"h": 114.3
},
"luminance": 0.52348
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BCC83E
secondary
#3A3476
accent
#49DF56
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D