#BCD12C#BCD12C

#BCD12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.177 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD12C
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 44)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 78.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -26.51, 72.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 76.98, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0805 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.177 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9953, 56.4747, 10.9654)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD12C #412CD1

analogous

#D1932C #BCD12C #6AD12C

triadic

#BCD12C #2CBCD1 #D12CBC

tetradic

#BCD12C #2CD193 #412CD1 #D12C6A

square

#BCD12C #2CD193 #412CD1 #D12C6A

split-complementary

#BCD12C #2C6AD1 #932CD1

monochromatic

#616C17 #8F9E21 #BCD12C #CDDD5D #DCE890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BCD12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#BCD12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD12C

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD12C	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.177 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4df74',
    500: '#bcd12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd12c;
$custom-light: #d4df74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.636,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81753,
    "c": 0.17686,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD12C

secondary

#352C75

accent

#40E855

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD12C

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

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