#BCD42C#BCD42C

#BCD42C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.180 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD42C
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -27.94, 73.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 78.17, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0844 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.18 118)
XYZ	xyz(44.7382, 57.9606, 11.2131)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD42C #442CD4

analogous

#D4982C #BCD42C #68D42C

triadic

#BCD42C #2CBCD4 #D42CBC

tetradic

#BCD42C #2CD498 #442CD4 #D42C68

square

#BCD42C #2CD498 #442CD4 #D42C68

split-complementary

#BCD42C #2C68D4 #982CD4

monochromatic

#626F17 #8FA221 #BCD42C #CCDE5F #DCE992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BCD42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#BCD42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD42C

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD42C	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.180 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e175',
    500: '#bcd42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd42c;
$custom-light: #d4e175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82423,
    "c": 0.18008,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.5796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD42C

secondary

#372C78

accent

#3FE957

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD42C

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

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