#BCD423#BCD423

#BCD423 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.184 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD423
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 35)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -28.24, 75.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 80.35, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0858 0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.184 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5871, 57.9002, 10.4168)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD423 #3B23D4

analogous

#D49423 #BCD423 #63D423

triadic

#BCD423 #23BCD4 #D423BC

tetradic

#BCD423 #23D494 #3B23D4 #D42363

square

#BCD423 #23D494 #3B23D4 #D42363

split-complementary

#BCD423 #2363D4 #9423D4

monochromatic

#5F6B12 #8D9F1A #BCD423 #CFE252 #DDEB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BCD423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#BCD423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD423

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD423	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.184 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e171',
    500: '#bcd423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd423;
$custom-light: #d4e171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.136,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82386,
    "c": 0.18365,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD423

secondary

#312775

accent

#39EE52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD423

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

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