#BCD142#BCD142

#BCD142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.165 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD142
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -25.49, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 69.99, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0758 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.165 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5238, 56.6861, 13.7492)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD142 #5742D1

analogous

#D19F42 #BCD142 #75D142

triadic

#BCD142 #42BCD1 #D142BC

tetradic

#BCD142 #42D19F #5742D1 #D14275

square

#BCD142 #42D19F #5742D1 #D14275

split-complementary

#BCD142 #4275D1 #9F42D1

monochromatic

#6D7B1E #99AC2A #BCD142 #CDDD73 #DFE9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BCD142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#BCD142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD142

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD142	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.165 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df7f',
    500: '#bcd142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd142;
$custom-light: #d3df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.811,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81887,
    "c": 0.16467,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD142

secondary

#403583

accent

#44E45B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD142

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

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