#BCD738#BCD738

#BCD738 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.177 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD738
RGB	rgb(188, 215, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -28.86, 70.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 75.94, 112.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0861 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.177 119)
XYZ	xyz(45.7543, 59.5781, 12.8300)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD738 #5338D7

analogous

#D7A338 #BCD738 #6CD738

triadic

#BCD738 #38BCD7 #D738BC

tetradic

#BCD738 #38D7A3 #5338D7 #D7386C

square

#BCD738 #38D7A3 #5338D7 #D7386C

split-complementary

#BCD738 #386CD7 #A338D7

monochromatic

#6B7C19 #97AF23 #BCD738 #CDE16B #DEEB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BCD738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#BCD738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD738

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD738	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 215, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.177 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e37a',
    500: '#bcd738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd738;
$custom-light: #d4e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.189,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83159,
    "c": 0.17746,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.59578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD738

secondary

#3E3083

accent

#3EE95B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD738

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

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