#BCD249#BCD249

#BCD249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.161 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD249
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 65.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -25.54, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 67.82, 112.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0753 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.161 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9891, 57.2660, 14.9854)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD249 #5F49D2

analogous

#D2A349 #BCD249 #77D249

triadic

#BCD249 #49BCD2 #D249BC

tetradic

#BCD249 #49D2A3 #5F49D2 #D24977

square

#BCD249 #49D2A3 #5F49D2 #D24977

split-complementary

#BCD249 #4977D2 #A349D2

monochromatic

#718120 #9CB22C #BCD249 #CEDE7A #E0EAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCD249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BCD249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD249

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD249	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.161 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df83',
    500: '#bcd249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd249;
$custom-light: #d3df83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.635,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82165,
    "c": 0.16097,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD249

secondary

#443788

accent

#44E35E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD249

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

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