#BCD048#BCD048

#BCD048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.159 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD048
RGB	rgb(188, 208, 72)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 65.4%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -24.64, 62.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 67.31, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0729 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.159 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4655, 56.2715, 14.6487)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD048 #5C48D0

analogous

#D0A048 #BCD048 #78D048

triadic

#BCD048 #48BCD0 #D048BC

tetradic

#BCD048 #48D0A0 #5C48D0 #D04878

square

#BCD048 #48D0A0 #5C48D0 #D04878

split-complementary

#BCD048 #4878D0 #A048D0

monochromatic

#707D20 #9BAE2D #BCD048 #CEDD79 #E0E9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BCD048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#BCD048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD048

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD048	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 208, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.159 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de82',
    500: '#bcd048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd048;
$custom-light: #d3de82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81712,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD048

secondary

#433785

accent

#45E25D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD048

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

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