#BCD049#BCD049

#BCD049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.159 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD049
RGB	rgb(188, 208, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 64.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -24.58, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 66.92, 111.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0727 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.159 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4984, 56.2846, 14.8219)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD049 #5D49D0

analogous

#D0A149 #BCD049 #78D049

triadic

#BCD049 #49BCD0 #D049BC

tetradic

#BCD049 #49D0A1 #5D49D0 #D04978

square

#BCD049 #49D0A1 #5D49D0 #D04978

split-complementary

#BCD049 #4978D0 #A149D0

monochromatic

#707E21 #9BAF2D #BCD049 #CEDD7A #E0E9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BCD049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#BCD049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD049

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD049	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 208, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.159 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de82',
    500: '#bcd049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd049;
$custom-light: #d3de82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD049

secondary

#433886

accent

#46E25D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD049

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

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