#BCD040#BCD040

#BCD040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.165 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD040
RGB	rgb(188, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -25.12, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 70.27, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.075 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.165 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2213, 56.1738, 13.3626)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD040 #5440D0

analogous

#D09C40 #BCD040 #74D040

triadic

#BCD040 #40BCD0 #D040BC

tetradic

#BCD040 #40D09C #5440D0 #D04074

square

#BCD040 #40D09C #5440D0 #D04074

split-complementary

#BCD040 #4074D0 #9C40D0

monochromatic

#6B781E #97A92A #BCD040 #CDDC71 #DEE8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BCD040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#BCD040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD040

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD040	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.165 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de7d',
    500: '#bcd040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd040;
$custom-light: #d3de7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8165,
    "c": 0.16484,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD040

secondary

#3F3480

accent

#44E45A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD040

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

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