#BCD235#BCD235

#BCD235 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.174 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD235
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 53)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 74.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -26.63, 69.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 74.78, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0801 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.174 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4293, 57.0421, 12.0372)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD235 #4B35D2

analogous

#D29A35 #BCD235 #6ED235

triadic

#BCD235 #35BCD2 #D235BC

tetradic

#BCD235 #35D29A #4B35D2 #D2356E

square

#BCD235 #35D29A #4B35D2 #D2356E

split-complementary

#BCD235 #356ED2 #9A35D2

monochromatic

#66731A #93A525 #BCD235 #CDDD67 #DDE899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCD235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#BCD235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD235

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD235	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C60E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.174 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4df78',
    500: '#bcd235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd235;
$custom-light: #d4df78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.408,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82024,
    "c": 0.17354,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD235

secondary

#3A307C

accent

#41E758

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD235

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

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