#BCD336#BCD336

#BCD336 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.174 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD336
RGB	rgb(188, 211, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 74.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -27.06, 69.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 74.88, 111.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0812 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.174 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7002, 57.5467, 12.2421)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD336 #4D36D3

analogous

#D39C36 #BCD336 #6ED336

triadic

#BCD336 #36BCD3 #D336BC

tetradic

#BCD336 #36D39C #4D36D3 #D3366E

square

#BCD336 #36D39C #4D36D3 #D3366E

split-complementary

#BCD336 #366ED3 #9C36D3

monochromatic

#68751A #94A725 #BCD336 #CDDE68 #DDE99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#BCD336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD336

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD336	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 211, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.174 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e079',
    500: '#bcd336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd336;
$custom-light: #d4e079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.79,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82253,
    "c": 0.1741,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD336

secondary

#3B307D

accent

#41E759

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD336

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

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