#BCD051#BCD051

#BCD051 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.153 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD051
RGB	rgb(188, 208, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 61.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -24.04, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 63.73, 112.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0704 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.153 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7809, 56.3976, 16.3098)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD051 #6551D0

analogous

#D0A551 #BCD051 #7DD051

triadic

#BCD051 #51BCD0 #D051BC

tetradic

#BCD051 #51D0A5 #6551D0 #D0517D

square

#BCD051 #51D0A5 #6551D0 #D0517D

split-complementary

#BCD051 #517DD0 #A551D0

monochromatic

#748323 #9FB330 #BCD051 #CFDD81 #E1EAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BCD051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#BCD051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD051

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD051	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 208, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.153 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de87',
    500: '#bcd051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd051;
$custom-light: #d3de87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.449,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81792,
    "c": 0.15252,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD051

secondary

#473B8A

accent

#47E15F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF3

border

#D4D5CD

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD051

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

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