#BCD340#BCD340

#BCD340 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.168 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD340
RGB	rgb(188, 211, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 69.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -26.56, 66.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 71.57, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.079 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.168 118)
XYZ	xyz(44.9597, 57.6505, 13.6087)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD340 #5740D3

analogous

#D3A140 #BCD340 #73D340

triadic

#BCD340 #40BCD3 #D340BC

tetradic

#BCD340 #40D3A1 #5740D3 #D34073

square

#BCD340 #40D3A1 #5740D3 #D34073

split-complementary

#BCD340 #4073D3 #A140D3

monochromatic

#6D7C1D #99AE28 #BCD340 #CDDE72 #DFEAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#BCD340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD340

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD340	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 211, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.168 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e07e',
    500: '#bcd340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd340;
$custom-light: #d4e07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.388,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82318,
    "c": 0.16824,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.5765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD340

secondary

#403384

accent

#42E65C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD340

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

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