#BCD042#BCD042

#BCD042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.164 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD042
RGB	rgb(188, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -25.00, 64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 69.55, 111.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0745 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.164 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2793, 56.1970, 13.6677)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD042 #5642D0

analogous

#D09D42 #BCD042 #75D042

triadic

#BCD042 #42BCD0 #D042BC

tetradic

#BCD042 #42D09D #5642D0 #D04275

square

#BCD042 #42D09D #5642D0 #D04275

split-complementary

#BCD042 #4275D0 #9D42D0

monochromatic

#6D791E #98AA2A #BCD042 #CDDC73 #DFE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BCD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BCD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD042

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD042	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.164 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de7f',
    500: '#bcd042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd042;
$custom-light: #d3de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81664,
    "c": 0.16353,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD042

secondary

#403581

accent

#44E35B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD042

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

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