#BCD242#BCD242

#BCD242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.166 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD242
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -25.97, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 70.42, 111.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0772 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.166 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7700, 57.1783, 13.8312)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD242 #5842D2

analogous

#D2A042 #BCD242 #74D242

triadic

#BCD242 #42BCD2 #D242BC

tetradic

#BCD242 #42D2A0 #5842D2 #D24274

square

#BCD242 #42D2A0 #5842D2 #D24274

split-complementary

#BCD242 #4274D2 #A042D2

monochromatic

#6E7C1E #99AD29 #BCD242 #CEDE73 #DFEAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#BCD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD242

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD242	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.166 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df7f',
    500: '#bcd242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd242;
$custom-light: #d3df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8211,
    "c": 0.1658,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD242

secondary

#413484

accent

#43E55C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD242

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

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