#BCC951#BCC951

#BCC951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.144 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC951
RGB	rgb(188, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -20.62, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 60.54, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0608 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.144 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1118, 53.0594, 15.7534)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC951 #5E51C9

analogous

#C99A51 #BCC951 #80C951

triadic

#BCC951 #51BCC9 #C951BC

tetradic

#BCC951 #51C99A #5E51C9 #C95180

square

#BCC951 #51C99A #5E51C9 #C95180

split-complementary

#BCC951 #5180C9 #9A51C9

monochromatic

#717A26 #9CA934 #BCC951 #CED780 #E0E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BCC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC951

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC951	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.144 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d987',
    500: '#bcc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc951;
$custom-light: #d3d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80245,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC951

secondary

#443C82

accent

#4CDC5B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC951

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

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