#BCDB38#BCDB38

#BCDB38 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.182 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDB38
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -30.74, 71.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 77.64, 113.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0912 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.182 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7853, 61.6401, 13.1736)
Luminance	0.6164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDB38 #5738DB

analogous

#DBA938 #BCDB38 #6BDB38

triadic

#BCDB38 #38BCDB #DB38BC

tetradic

#BCDB38 #38DBA9 #5738DB #DB386B

square

#BCDB38 #38DBA9 #5738DB #DB386B

split-complementary

#BCDB38 #386BDB #A938DB

monochromatic

#6D8117 #99B521 #BCDB38 #CDE46C #DFEEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BCDB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#BCDB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDB38

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDB38	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7CFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.182 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e67b',
    500: '#bcdb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdb38;
$custom-light: #d4e67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.411,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84056,
    "c": 0.18194,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDB38

secondary

#402F88

accent

#3CEC5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDB38

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →