#BCD342#BCD342

#BCD342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.167 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD342
RGB	rgb(188, 211, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 68.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -26.45, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 70.86, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0785 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.167 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0176, 57.6737, 13.9138)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD342 #5942D3

analogous

#D3A242 #BCD342 #74D342

triadic

#BCD342 #42BCD3 #D342BC

tetradic

#BCD342 #42D3A2 #5942D3 #D34274

square

#BCD342 #42D3A2 #5942D3 #D34274

split-complementary

#BCD342 #4274D3 #A242D3

monochromatic

#6E7D1D #9AAF29 #BCD342 #CEDF74 #DFEAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#BCD342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD342

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD342	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)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 211, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.167 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e07f',
    500: '#bcd342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd342;
$custom-light: #d3e07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.517,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82332,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD342

secondary

#413485

accent

#42E55C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD342

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

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