#BCC561#BCC561

#BCC561 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC561
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -17.32, 48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 51.56, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0498 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.125 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8637, 51.4876, 18.9870)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC561 #6A61C5

analogous

#C59C61 #BCC561 #8AC561

triadic

#BCC561 #61BCC5 #C561BC

tetradic

#BCC561 #61C59C #6A61C5 #C5618A

square

#BCC561 #61C59C #6A61C5 #C5618A

split-complementary

#BCC561 #618AC5 #9C61C5

monochromatic

#767E2E #A1AA3F #BCC561 #CFD58E #E2E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BCC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BCC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC561

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC561	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d690',
    500: '#bcc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc561;
$custom-light: #d2d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.4,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79548,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC561

secondary

#4A4486

accent

#52D65E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC561

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

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