#BCC541#BCC541

#BCC541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.152 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC541
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -19.69, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 65.25, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0598 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.152 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6606, 51.0064, 12.6506)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC541 #4A41C5

analogous

#C58C41 #BCC541 #7AC541

triadic

#BCC541 #41BCC5 #C541BC

tetradic

#BCC541 #41C58C #4A41C5 #C5417A

square

#BCC541 #41C58C #4A41C5 #C5417A

split-complementary

#BCC541 #417AC5 #8C41C5

monochromatic

#666B21 #939A2F #BCC541 #CDD370 #DDE29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCC541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BCC541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC541

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC541	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.152 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d67d',
    500: '#bcc541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc541;
$custom-light: #d3d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79222,
    "c": 0.15198,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC541

secondary

#3A3575

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC541

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

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