#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
RGB	rgb(188, 208, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -25.58, 68.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 73.32, 110.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0771 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.17 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9856, 56.0795, 12.1210)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BCD037	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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