#BCD53B#BCD53B

#BCD53B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.174 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD53B
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 59)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 72.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -27.77, 68.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 74.13, 112.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0828 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.174 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3237, 58.5960, 13.0593)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD53B #543BD5

analogous

#D5A13B #BCD53B #6FD53B

triadic

#BCD53B #3BBCD5 #D53BBC

tetradic

#BCD53B #3BD5A1 #543BD5 #D53B6F

square

#BCD53B #3BD5A1 #543BD5 #D53B6F

split-complementary

#BCD53B #3B6FD5 #A13BD5

monochromatic

#6B7B1A #97AE25 #BCD53B #CDE06D #DEEBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BCD53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#BCD53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD53B

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD53B	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.174 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e17b',
    500: '#bcd53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd53b;
$custom-light: #d4e17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.74,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8273,
    "c": 0.17353,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD53B

secondary

#3F3183

accent

#40E85B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD53B

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

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