#BCC151#BCC151

#BCC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.135 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC151
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 58%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -16.63, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 56.98, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0495 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.135 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2953, 49.4263, 15.1479)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC151 #5651C1

analogous

#C18E51 #BCC151 #84C151

triadic

#BCC151 #51BCC1 #C151BC

tetradic

#BCC151 #51C18E #5651C1 #C15184

square

#BCC151 #51C18E #5651C1 #C15184

split-complementary

#BCC151 #5184C1 #8E51C1

monochromatic

#6D7028 #989D38 #BCC151 #CDD17E #DFE1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BCC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC151

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC151	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.135 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d386',
    500: '#bcc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc151;
$custom-light: #d3d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.679,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7849,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC151

secondary

#A19FCF

accent

#51D757

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC151

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

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