#BCD740#BCD740

#BCD740 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.173 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD740
RGB	rgb(188, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -28.46, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 73.31, 112.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0843 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.173 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9658, 59.6627, 13.9440)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD740 #5B40D7

analogous

#D7A640 #BCD740 #71D740

triadic

#BCD740 #40BCD7 #D740BC

tetradic

#BCD740 #40D7A6 #5B40D7 #D74071

square

#BCD740 #40D7A6 #5B40D7 #D74071

split-complementary

#BCD740 #4071D7 #A640D7

monochromatic

#6F811B #9BB426 #BCD740 #CEE273 #E0ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BCD740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#BCD740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD740

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD740	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.173 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e37e',
    500: '#bcd740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd740;
$custom-light: #d4e37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.728,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83211,
    "c": 0.17278,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD740

secondary

#423388

accent

#3FE85E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD740

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

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