#BCD037#BCD037

#BCD037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.170 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BCD037
RGBrgb(188, 208, 55)
HSLhsl(68, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(68, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(9.6%, 0%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(79.66, -25.58, 68.72)
CIE-LCHlch(79.66, 73.32, 110.41°)
OKLaboklab(81.59% -0.0771 0.1518)
OKLCHoklch(81.59% 0.17 116.9)
XYZxyz(43.9856, 56.0795, 12.1210)
Luminance0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BCD037 #4B37D0
analogous
#D09837 #BCD037 #70D037
triadic
#BCD037 #37BCD0 #D037BC
tetradic
#BCD037 #37D098 #4B37D0 #D03770
square
#BCD037 #37D098 #4B37D0 #D03770
split-complementary
#BCD037 #3770D0 #9837D0
monochromatic
#66721B #93A326 #BCD037 #CDDC69 #DDE79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72
#BCD037 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22
#BCD037 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD037
12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BCD037#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BCD0371.001.7212.2212.22
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2221.001.001.00
##00000012.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC516
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC644
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C8C4B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bcd037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 208, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.170 116.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4de79',
    500: '#bcd037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bcd037;
$custom-light: #d4de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bcd037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.843,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81589,
    "c": 0.17025,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BCD037
secondary
#3A307B
accent
#43E558
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFCF2
border
#D5D5CC
text
#15150A
muted
#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD037

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#BCD037 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva