#BCD938#BCD938

#BCD938 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.180 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD938
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -29.80, 70.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 76.79, 112.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0887 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.18 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2666, 60.6028, 13.0008)
Luminance	0.6060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD938 #5538D9

analogous

#D9A538 #BCD938 #6CD938

triadic

#BCD938 #38BCD9 #D938BC

tetradic

#BCD938 #38D9A5 #5538D9 #D9386C

square

#BCD938 #38D9A5 #5538D9 #D9386C

split-complementary

#BCD938 #386CD9 #A538D9

monochromatic

#6C7E18 #98B222 #BCD938 #CDE36B #DFED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#BCD938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD938

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD938	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.180 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e47a',
    500: '#bcd938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd938;
$custom-light: #d4e47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.807,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83607,
    "c": 0.17969,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD938

secondary

#3F3086

accent

#3DEB5C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD938

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

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