#BCC371#BCC371

#BCC371 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.106 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC371
RGB	rgb(188, 195, 113)
HSL	hsl(65, 41%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 42%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 42.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -14.72, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 42.90, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.041 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.106 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2353, 50.9145, 23.1695)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC371 #7871C3

analogous

#C3A171 #BCC371 #93C371

triadic

#BCC371 #71BCC3 #C371BC

tetradic

#BCC371 #71C3A1 #7871C3 #C37193

square

#BCC371 #71C3A1 #7871C3 #C37193

split-complementary

#BCC371 #7193C3 #A171C3

monochromatic

#7C8237 #A5AD49 #BCC371 #D0D59C #E5E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCC371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BCC371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC371

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC371	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 195, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.106 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d59b',
    500: '#bcc371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc371;
$custom-light: #d1d59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.122,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC371

secondary

#534D8B

accent

#32B43D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC371

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

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