#BCDA42#BCDA42

#BCDA42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.175 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDA42
RGB	rgb(188, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -29.76, 67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 73.94, 113.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0877 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.175 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7946, 61.2277, 14.5061)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDA42 #6042DA

analogous

#DAAC42 #BCDA42 #70DA42

triadic

#BCDA42 #42BCDA #DA42BC

tetradic

#BCDA42 #42DAAC #6042DA #DA4270

square

#BCDA42 #42DAAC #6042DA #DA4270

split-complementary

#BCDA42 #4270DA #AC42DA

monochromatic

#72871A #9DBA24 #BCDA42 #CEE475 #E0EEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BCDA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#BCDA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDA42

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDA42	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcda42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.175 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e580',
    500: '#bcda42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcda42;
$custom-light: #d4e580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcda42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.842,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83897,
    "c": 0.17498,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDA42

secondary

#45338D

accent

#3EEA60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDA42

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

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