#BCD840#BCD840

#BCD840 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.174 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD840
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -28.93, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 73.75, 113.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0856 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.174 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2212, 60.1735, 14.0292)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD840 #5C40D8

analogous

#D8A840 #BCD840 #70D840

triadic

#BCD840 #40BCD8 #D840BC

tetradic

#BCD840 #40D8A8 #5C40D8 #D84070

square

#BCD840 #40D8A8 #5C40D8 #D84070

split-complementary

#BCD840 #4070D8 #A840D8

monochromatic

#70831B #9BB625 #BCD840 #CEE273 #E0EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BCD840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#BCD840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD840

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD840	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.174 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e47e',
    500: '#bcd840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd840;
$custom-light: #d4e47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.053,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83435,
    "c": 0.17393,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD840

secondary

#43338A

accent

#3FE95E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD840

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

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