#BCC451#BCC451

#BCC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.139 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC451
RGB	rgb(188, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -18.13, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 58.30, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0538 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.139 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9652, 50.7661, 15.3712)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC451 #5951C4

analogous

#C49351 #BCC451 #83C451

triadic

#BCC451 #51BCC4 #C451BC

tetradic

#BCC451 #51C493 #5951C4 #C45183

square

#BCC451 #51C493 #5951C4 #C45183

split-complementary

#BCC451 #5183C4 #9351C4

monochromatic

#6E7327 #9AA137 #BCC451 #CED37F #DFE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BCC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC451

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC451	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.139 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d586',
    500: '#bcc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc451;
$custom-light: #d3d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.174,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79147,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC451

secondary

#413D7D

accent

#4FD959

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC451

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

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