#BCC917#BCC917

#BCC917 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.176 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC917
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 88.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -23.25, 75.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 78.59, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0728 0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.176 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7817, 52.5274, 8.7483)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC917 #2417C9

analogous

#C97D17 #BCC917 #63C917

triadic

#BCC917 #17BCC9 #C917BC

tetradic

#BCC917 #17C97D #2417C9 #C91763

square

#BCC917 #17C97D #2417C9 #C91763

split-complementary

#BCC917 #1763C9 #7D17C9

monochromatic

#555B0A #899211 #BCC917 #DBE835 #E5EE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BCC917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BCC917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC917

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC917	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.176 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d96c',
    500: '#bcc917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc917;
$custom-light: #d5d96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.382,
    "s": 79.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79892,
    "c": 0.176,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC917

secondary

#231D67

accent

#32F640

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC917

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

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