#BCD140#BCD140

#BCD140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.166 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD140
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 69.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -25.60, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 70.70, 111.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0763 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.166 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4659, 56.6630, 13.4441)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD140 #5540D1

analogous

#D19D40 #BCD140 #73D140

triadic

#BCD140 #40BCD1 #D140BC

tetradic

#BCD140 #40D19D #5540D1 #D14073

square

#BCD140 #40D19D #5540D1 #D14073

split-complementary

#BCD140 #4073D1 #9D40D1

monochromatic

#6C791D #98AB29 #BCD140 #CDDD71 #DFE9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BCD140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#BCD140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD140

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD140	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.166 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4df7e',
    500: '#bcd140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd140;
$custom-light: #d4df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.69,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81872,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD140

secondary

#3F3481

accent

#44E45B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD140

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

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