#BCEA38#BCEA38

#BCEA38 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.199 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCEA38
RGB	rgb(188, 234, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 81%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(76, 76%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 0%, 76.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -37.60, 75.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 84.09, 116.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.11 0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.199 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8763, 69.8222, 14.5373)
Luminance	0.6982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCEA38 #6638EA

analogous

#EABF38 #BCEA38 #63EA38

triadic

#BCEA38 #38BCEA #EA38BC

tetradic

#BCEA38 #38EABF #6638EA #EA3863

square

#BCEA38 #38EABF #6638EA #EA3863

split-complementary

#BCEA38 #3863EA #BF38EA

monochromatic

#759810 #9FCF16 #BCEA38 #CFF06F #E1F6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#BCEA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#BCEA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCEA38

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCEA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCEA38	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2D94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5DEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcea38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 234, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.199 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4f07c',
    500: '#bcea38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcea38;
$custom-light: #d4f07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcea38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.506,
    "s": 80.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87438,
    "c": 0.19889,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCEA38

secondary

#482B9B

accent

#30F764

background

#FEFFFB

surface

#FCFEF2

border

#D5D6CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCEA38

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

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