#bcd209

Color #bcd209

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 16.31 Nearest Tailwind class lime-400 #9ae600 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#bcd209

RGB

rgb(188, 210, 9)

HSL

hsl(66.6, 91.8%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.6, 95.7%, 82.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 95.7%, 17.6%)

LAB

lab(80.07, -27.78, 78.8)

LCH

lch(80.07, 83.55, 109.42)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.1877, 117.12)

HWB

hwb(66.6, 3.5%, 17.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1f09d2

Analogous

#d28309

#bcd209

#57d209

Triadic

#bcd209

#09bcd2

#d209bc

Split-complementary

#bcd209

#0957d2

#8309d2

Tetradic

#bcd209

#09d21f

#1f09d2

#d209bc

Square

#bcd209

#09d283

#1f09d2

#d20957

Shades

Color #bcd209 mixed toward black.

#9caf07

#7d8c06

#5e6904

#3f4603

#1f2301

Tints

Color #bcd209 mixed toward white.

#ddf516

#e3f745

#eaf973

#f1fba2

#f8fdd0

Tones

Color #bcd209 mixed toward gray.

#afc11a

#a2b02a

#95a03b

#888f4c

#7a7e5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c66f · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#c5c37a · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#bd9097 · ΔE 47

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 29

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcd209;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcd209]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bcd209 (#bcd209) is rgb(188, 210, 9) in RGB.

No, #bcd209 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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