#BCD240#BCD240

#BCD240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.167 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD240
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 69.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -26.08, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 71.14, 111.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0777 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.167 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7120, 57.1552, 13.5261)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD240 #5640D2

analogous

#D29F40 #BCD240 #73D240

triadic

#BCD240 #40BCD2 #D240BC

tetradic

#BCD240 #40D29F #5640D2 #D24073

square

#BCD240 #40D29F #5640D2 #D24073

split-complementary

#BCD240 #4073D2 #9F40D2

monochromatic

#6D7B1D #98AC29 #BCD240 #CDDE72 #DFE9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCD240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BCD240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD240

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD240	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.167 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4df7e',
    500: '#bcd240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd240;
$custom-light: #d4df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.041,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82095,
    "c": 0.1671,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD240

secondary

#403483

accent

#43E55B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD240

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

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