#BCD940#BCD940

#BCD940 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.175 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD940
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -29.40, 68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 74.18, 113.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0869 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.175 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4782, 60.6875, 14.1148)
Luminance	0.6069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD940 #5D40D9

analogous

#D9AA40 #BCD940 #6FD940

triadic

#BCD940 #40BCD9 #D940BC

tetradic

#BCD940 #40D9AA #5D40D9 #D9406F

square

#BCD940 #40D9AA #5D40D9 #D9406F

split-complementary

#BCD940 #406FD9 #AA40D9

monochromatic

#70841A #9BB724 #BCD940 #CEE373 #E0EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#BCD940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD940

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD940	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.175 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e47e',
    500: '#bcd940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd940;
$custom-light: #d4e47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.373,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83659,
    "c": 0.17507,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD940

secondary

#43328B

accent

#3EEA5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD940

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

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