#BCD440#BCD440

#BCD440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.169 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD440
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -27.03, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 72.00, 112.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0803 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.169 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2089, 58.1489, 13.6917)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD440 #5840D4

analogous

#D4A240 #BCD440 #72D440

triadic

#BCD440 #40BCD4 #D440BC

tetradic

#BCD440 #40D4A2 #5840D4 #D44072

square

#BCD440 #40D4A2 #5840D4 #D44072

split-complementary

#BCD440 #4072D4 #A240D4

monochromatic

#6E7D1C #99AF27 #BCD440 #CEDF72 #DFEAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BCD440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#BCD440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD440

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD440	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.169 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e17e',
    500: '#bcd440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd440;
$custom-light: #d4e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.73,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82541,
    "c": 0.16936,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD440

secondary

#413385

accent

#42E65C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD440

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

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