#BCD542#BCD542

#BCD542 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.169 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD542
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -27.40, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 71.73, 112.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0812 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.169 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5176, 58.6736, 14.0804)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD542 #5B42D5

analogous

#D5A442 #BCD542 #73D542

triadic

#BCD542 #42BCD5 #D542BC

tetradic

#BCD542 #42D5A4 #5B42D5 #D54273

square

#BCD542 #42D5A4 #5B42D5 #D54273

split-complementary

#BCD542 #4273D5 #A442D5

monochromatic

#6F801C #9BB228 #BCD542 #CEE074 #E0EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BCD542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#BCD542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD542

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD542	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)

#E3C92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.169 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e17f',
    500: '#bcd542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd542;
$custom-light: #d4e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.204,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82778,
    "c": 0.16923,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD542

secondary

#423487

accent

#41E75D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD542

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

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