#BCD449#BCD449

#BCD449 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.163 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD449
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -26.50, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 68.72, 112.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.078 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.163 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4860, 58.2597, 15.1511)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD449 #6149D4

analogous

#D4A749 #BCD449 #76D449

triadic

#BCD449 #49BCD4 #D449BC

tetradic

#BCD449 #49D4A7 #6149D4 #D44976

square

#BCD449 #49D4A7 #6149D4 #D44976

split-complementary

#BCD449 #4976D4 #A749D4

monochromatic

#72841F #9DB52B #BCD449 #CEE07B #E0EBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BCD449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#BCD449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD449

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD449	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.163 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e183',
    500: '#bcd449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd449;
$custom-light: #d3e183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.36,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8261,
    "c": 0.1633,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD449

secondary

#45378A

accent

#43E55F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD449

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

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