#BCD442#BCD442

#BCD442 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.168 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD442
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -26.92, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 71.30, 112.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0798 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.168 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2668, 58.1721, 13.9969)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD442 #5A42D4

analogous

#D4A342 #BCD442 #73D442

triadic

#BCD442 #42BCD4 #D442BC

tetradic

#BCD442 #42D4A3 #5A42D4 #D44273

square

#BCD442 #42D4A3 #5A42D4 #D44273

split-complementary

#BCD442 #4273D4 #A342D4

monochromatic

#6F7F1D #9AB128 #BCD442 #CEDF74 #DFEBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BCD442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#BCD442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD442

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD442	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)

#E2C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.168 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e17f',
    500: '#bcd442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd442;
$custom-light: #d3e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.863,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82555,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD442

secondary

#423486

accent

#42E65D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD442

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

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