#BCC531#BCC531

#BCC531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.162 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC531
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -20.49, 67.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 70.81, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0635 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.162 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2610, 50.8465, 10.5460)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC531 #3A31C5

analogous

#C58431 #BCC531 #72C531

triadic

#BCC531 #31BCC5 #C531BC

tetradic

#BCC531 #31C584 #3A31C5 #C53172

square

#BCC531 #31C584 #3A31C5 #C53172

split-complementary

#BCC531 #3172C5 #8431C5

monochromatic

#5E6319 #8D9425 #BCC531 #CFD75D #DEE38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BCC531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BCC531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC531

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC531	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.162 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d675',
    500: '#bcc531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc531;
$custom-light: #d4d675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.649,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79113,
    "c": 0.16177,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC531

secondary

#312D6E

accent

#44E34E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC531

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

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