#BCC331#BCC331

#BCC331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.160 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC331
RGB	rgb(188, 195, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -19.50, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 70.04, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0607 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.16 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8099, 49.9443, 10.3956)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC331 #3831C3

analogous

#C38131 #BCC331 #73C331

triadic

#BCC331 #31BCC3 #C331BC

tetradic

#BCC331 #31C381 #3831C3 #C33173

square

#BCC331 #31C381 #3831C3 #C33173

split-complementary

#BCC331 #3173C3 #8131C3

monochromatic

#5E6118 #8D9225 #BCC331 #D0D65B #DEE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BCC331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BCC331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC331

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC331	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 195, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.160 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d475',
    500: '#bcc331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc331;
$custom-light: #d4d475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.877,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78672,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC331

secondary

#8783CC

accent

#45E34C

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FBFAED

border

#D4D3C8

text

#151409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC331

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

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