#BCC551#BCC551

#BCC551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.140 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC551
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 58.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -18.63, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 58.74, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0552 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.14 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1915, 51.2187, 15.4466)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC551 #5A51C5

analogous

#C59451 #BCC551 #82C551

triadic

#BCC551 #51BCC5 #C551BC

tetradic

#BCC551 #51C594 #5A51C5 #C55182

square

#BCC551 #51C594 #5A51C5 #C55182

split-complementary

#BCC551 #5182C5 #9451C5

monochromatic

#6F7527 #9AA336 #BCC551 #CED47F #DFE4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BCC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BCC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC551

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC551	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.140 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d686',
    500: '#bcc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc551;
$custom-light: #d3d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.655,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79366,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC551

secondary

#423D7E

accent

#4EDA59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC551

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

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