#BCD972#BCD972

#BCD972 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.134 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD972
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(77, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(77, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 47.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -25.48, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 53.69, 118.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0714 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.134 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5893, 61.5319, 25.2334)
Luminance	0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD972 #8F72D9

analogous

#D9C272 #BCD972 #89D972

triadic

#BCD972 #72BCD9 #D972BC

tetradic

#BCD972 #72D9C2 #8F72D9 #D97289

square

#BCD972 #72D9C2 #8F72D9 #D97289

split-complementary

#BCD972 #7289D9 #C272D9

monochromatic

#83A42C #A5CC42 #BCD972 #D3E6A2 #EAF3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BCD972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#BCD972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD972

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD972	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.134 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e49d',
    500: '#bcd972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd972;
$custom-light: #d2e49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.893,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84169,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD972

secondary

#6347A8

accent

#20C54F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD972

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

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