#BCD842#BCD842

#BCD842 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.173 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD842
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, -28.82, 67.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 73.05, 113.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0851 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.173 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2791, 60.1967, 14.3343)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD842 #5E42D8

analogous

#D8A942 #BCD842 #71D842

triadic

#BCD842 #42BCD8 #D842BC

tetradic

#BCD842 #42D8A9 #5E42D8 #D84271

square

#BCD842 #42D8A9 #5E42D8 #D84271

split-complementary

#BCD842 #4271D8 #A942D8

monochromatic

#71841B #9CB726 #BCD842 #CEE275 #E0EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BCD842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#BCD842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD842

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD842	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.173 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e47f',
    500: '#bcd842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd842;
$custom-light: #d4e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83449,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD842

secondary

#44338B

accent

#3FE95F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD842

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

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