#BCC161#BCC161

#BCC161 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.120 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC161
RGB	rgb(188, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(63, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -15.30, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 49.68, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0441 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.12 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9675, 49.6952, 18.6883)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC161 #6661C1

analogous

#C19661 #BCC161 #8CC161

triadic

#BCC161 #61BCC1 #C161BC

tetradic

#BCC161 #61C196 #6661C1 #C1618C

square

#BCC161 #61C196 #6661C1 #C1618C

split-complementary

#BCC161 #618CC1 #9661C1

monochromatic

#75782F #9FA440 #BCC161 #CFD28D #E1E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BCC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#BCC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC161

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC161	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.120 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d390',
    500: '#bcc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc161;
$custom-light: #d2d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.125,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78676,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC161

secondary

#ADABD2

accent

#54D35B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC161

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

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