#BCCE51#BCCE51

#BCCE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.150 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCCE51
RGB	rgb(188, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -23.07, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 62.81, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0676 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.15 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2964, 55.4286, 16.1482)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCCE51 #6351CE

analogous

#CEA251 #BCCE51 #7ECE51

triadic

#BCCE51 #51BCCE #CE51BC

tetradic

#BCCE51 #51CEA2 #6351CE #CE517E

square

#BCCE51 #51CEA2 #6351CE #CE517E

split-complementary

#BCCE51 #517ECE #A251CE

monochromatic

#738024 #9EB032 #BCCE51 #CEDB81 #E1E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BCCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BCCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCCE51

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCCE51	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.150 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc87',
    500: '#bcce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcce51;
$custom-light: #d3dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.64,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81349,
    "c": 0.15015,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCCE51

secondary

#463B88

accent

#48DF5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCCE51

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

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