#BCD742#BCD742

#BCD742 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.172 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD742
RGB	rgb(188, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -28.35, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 72.61, 112.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0838 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.172 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0237, 59.6859, 14.2492)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD742 #5D42D7

analogous

#D7A742 #BCD742 #72D742

triadic

#BCD742 #42BCD7 #D742BC

tetradic

#BCD742 #42D7A7 #5D42D7 #D74272

square

#BCD742 #42D7A7 #5D42D7 #D74272

split-complementary

#BCD742 #4272D7 #A742D7

monochromatic

#70831C #9BB526 #BCD742 #CEE275 #E0ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BCD742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#BCD742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD742

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD742	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.172 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e37f',
    500: '#bcd742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd742;
$custom-light: #d4e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.872,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83225,
    "c": 0.17152,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD742

secondary

#43348A

accent

#40E85E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD742

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

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