#BCC751#BCC751

#BCC751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.142 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC751
RGB	rgb(188, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 59.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -19.63, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 59.64, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.058 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.142 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6486, 52.1330, 15.5990)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC751 #5C51C7

analogous

#C79751 #BCC751 #81C751

triadic

#BCC751 #51BCC7 #C751BC

tetradic

#BCC751 #51C797 #5C51C7 #C75181

square

#BCC751 #51C797 #5C51C7 #C75181

split-complementary

#BCC751 #5181C7 #9751C7

monochromatic

#707726 #9BA635 #BCC751 #CED67F #E0E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCC751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BCC751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC751

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC751	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.142 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d786',
    500: '#bcc751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc751;
$custom-light: #d3d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.593,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79805,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC751

secondary

#433C80

accent

#4DDB5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC751

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

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