#BCC251#BCC251

#BCC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.136 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC251
RGB	rgb(188, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -17.13, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 57.42, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0509 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.136 112)
XYZ	xyz(41.5171, 49.8699, 15.2218)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC251 #5751C2

analogous

#C29051 #BCC251 #84C251

triadic

#BCC251 #51BCC2 #C251BC

tetradic

#BCC251 #51C290 #5751C2 #C25184

square

#BCC251 #51C290 #5751C2 #C25184

split-complementary

#BCC251 #5184C2 #9051C2

monochromatic

#6D7128 #999E37 #BCC251 #CDD27E #DFE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BCC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC251

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC251	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.136 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d486',
    500: '#bcc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc251;
$custom-light: #d3d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.186,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC251

secondary

#A29FD0

accent

#50D857

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC251

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

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