#BCD149#BCD149

#BCD149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.160 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD149
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 65.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -25.06, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 67.37, 111.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.074 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.16 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7430, 56.7738, 14.9034)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD149 #5E49D1

analogous

#D1A249 #BCD149 #78D149

triadic

#BCD149 #49BCD1 #D149BC

tetradic

#BCD149 #49D1A2 #5E49D1 #D14978

square

#BCD149 #49D1A2 #5E49D1 #D14978

split-complementary

#BCD149 #4978D1 #A249D1

monochromatic

#717F20 #9CB02D #BCD149 #CEDD7A #E0EAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BCD149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#BCD149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD149

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD149	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.160 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df82',
    500: '#bcd149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd149;
$custom-light: #d3df82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.265,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81942,
    "c": 0.15981,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD149

secondary

#443787

accent

#45E35D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD149

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

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