#BCD038#BCD038

#BCD038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.170 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD038
RGB	rgb(188, 208, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -25.53, 68.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 73.00, 110.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0769 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.17 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0098, 56.0892, 12.2485)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD038 #4C38D0

analogous

#D09838 #BCD038 #70D038

triadic

#BCD038 #38BCD0 #D038BC

tetradic

#BCD038 #38D098 #4C38D0 #D03870

square

#BCD038 #38D098 #4C38D0 #D03870

split-complementary

#BCD038 #3870D0 #9838D0

monochromatic

#67731B #94A427 #BCD038 #CDDC6A #DDE79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BCD038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#BCD038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD038

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD038	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 208, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.170 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4de79',
    500: '#bcd038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd038;
$custom-light: #d4de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81596,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD038

secondary

#3B317B

accent

#43E558

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD038

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

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