#BCDA40#BCDA40

#BCDA40 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.176 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDA40
RGB	rgb(188, 218, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -29.87, 68.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 74.62, 113.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0882 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.176 120)
XYZ	xyz(46.7367, 61.2045, 14.2010)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDA40 #5E40DA

analogous

#DAAB40 #BCDA40 #6FDA40

triadic

#BCDA40 #40BCDA #DA40BC

tetradic

#BCDA40 #40DAAB #5E40DA #DA406F

square

#BCDA40 #40DAAB #5E40DA #DA406F

split-complementary

#BCDA40 #406FDA #AB40DA

monochromatic

#71861A #9CB924 #BCDA40 #CEE473 #E0EEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BCDA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#BCDA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDA40

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDA40	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcda40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 218, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.176 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e57e',
    500: '#bcda40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcda40;
$custom-light: #d4e57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcda40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.688,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83883,
    "c": 0.17622,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.61204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDA40

secondary

#44328C

accent

#3DEA5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDA40

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

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