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Recognised as Colour

#BCDA00

  • #BCDA00
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Yellow green

#BCDA00 is a yellow with RGB values 188, 218, 0 and HSL 68°, 100%, 43%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Yellow green.

Colour values

#BCDA00#BCDA00
HEX#BCDA00
RGBrgb(188, 218, 0)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.8549, 0
RGB percentages73.7%, 85.5%, 0%
HSLhsl(68.3, 100%, 42.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(68.3, 100%, 85.5%)
CMYK13.8%, 0%, 100%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,376,576
CSS custom property--colour: #BCDA00;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.17:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#4325FF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9CD00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6CD2Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#C8CDB9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Yellow green · ΔE 17Yellow · ΔE 22.3Green yellow · ΔE 23Gold · ΔE 30.6Lawn green · ΔE 37Chartreuse · ΔE 37.5
Nearest named CSS colourYellow green (#9ACD32)ΔE 17.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E00DA
Analogous#DA8B00, #4FDA00
Triadic#00BCDA, #DA00BC
Split complementary#004FDA, #8B00DA
Tetradic#00DA8B, #1E00DA, #DA004F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3FFA7
Lighter +30%#ECFF74
Lighter +20%#E5FF41
Lighter +10%#DEFF0E
Darker −10%#90A700
Darker −20%#647400
Darker −30%#384100
Darker −40%#0C0E00
More saturated +25%#BCDA00
Less saturated −25%#A8BF1B

Channel breakdown

R188
G218
B0
Red188 (73.7%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue0 (0%)
Hue68.26°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness42.75%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR BC · G DA · B 00

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