#BCC231#BCC231

#BCC231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.159 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC231
RGB	rgb(188, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -19.00, 67.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 69.66, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0593 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.159 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.5866, 49.4977, 10.3212)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC231 #3731C2

analogous

#C28031 #BCC231 #73C231

triadic

#BCC231 #31BCC2 #C231BC

tetradic

#BCC231 #31C280 #3731C2 #C23173

square

#BCC231 #31C280 #3731C2 #C23173

split-complementary

#BCC231 #3173C2 #8031C2

monochromatic

#5D6018 #8D9125 #BCC231 #D0D65B #DEE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BCC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BCC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC231

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC231	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B90E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.159 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d474',
    500: '#bcc231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc231;
$custom-light: #d4d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.483,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.15869,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC231

secondary

#8683CC

accent

#45E34B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC231

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

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