#BCD540#BCD540

#BCD540 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.171 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD540
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -27.51, 67.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 72.44, 112.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0816 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.171 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4596, 58.6504, 13.7753)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD540 #5940D5

analogous

#D5A440 #BCD540 #72D540

triadic

#BCD540 #40BCD5 #D540BC

tetradic

#BCD540 #40D5A4 #5940D5 #D54072

square

#BCD540 #40D5A4 #5940D5 #D54072

split-complementary

#BCD540 #4072D5 #A440D5

monochromatic

#6E7F1C #9AB127 #BCD540 #CEE072 #DFEBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BCD540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#BCD540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD540

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD540	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.171 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e17e',
    500: '#bcd540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd540;
$custom-light: #d4e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.067,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82764,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD540

secondary

#413386

accent

#41E75D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD540

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

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