#BCD735#BCD735

#BCD735 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.179 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD735
RGB	rgb(188, 215, 53)
HSL	hsl(70, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -29.00, 71.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 76.86, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0867 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.179 119)
XYZ	xyz(45.6831, 59.5496, 12.4551)
Luminance	0.5955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD735 #5035D7

analogous

#D7A135 #BCD735 #6BD735

triadic

#BCD735 #35BCD7 #D735BC

tetradic

#BCD735 #35D7A1 #5035D7 #D7356B

square

#BCD735 #35D7A1 #5035D7 #D7356B

split-complementary

#BCD735 #356BD7 #A135D7

monochromatic

#697A18 #96AD22 #BCD735 #CDE168 #DEEB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BCD735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#BCD735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD735

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD735	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 215, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.179 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e379',
    500: '#bcd735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd735;
$custom-light: #d4e379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 66.942,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83142,
    "c": 0.17905,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.59549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD735

secondary

#3D2F81

accent

#3EEA5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD735

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

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