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#bcf310

a balanced, electric green · warm · closest name: Green Yellow

Token name suggestion: True Basil

RGB
188, 243, 16
HSL
75°, 90%, 51%
CMYK
23, 0, 93, 5
Luminance
0.7483

#bcf310 is a balanced electric green, 75° on the wheel and 37/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.97:1). As text it scores 1.32:1 on white — use #617D06 instead. Nearest name is Green Yellow, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(75 90% 51%)rgb(188 243 16)Base step 600AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #bcf310 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#bcf310
Hue
75°
green
Saturation
90%
electric
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
83%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7483
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.97:1
Closest name
Green Yellow
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
95.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.893
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 10.8
Web-safe
#CCFF00
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue75° of 360°
Saturation90%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #bcf310.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red14%
Green86%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#bcf310
HEX (8-digit)#bcf310ff
RGBrgb(188, 243, 16)
RGBArgba(188, 243, 16, 1)
HSLhsl(75, 90%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(75, 93%, 95%)
HWBhwb(75 6% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(23%, 0%, 93%, 5%)
LABlab(89.3 -42.7 85.3)
LCHlch(89.3 95.4 116.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.893 0.221 124.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.88, 74.83, 12.15)
Decimal12382992
Display P3color(display-p3 0.737 0.953 0.063)
Web-safe#CCFF00

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #bcf310;
background-color: #bcf310;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #bcf310;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bcf310] bg-[#bcf310]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bcf310;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.737, green: 0.953, blue: 0.063)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.737, green: 0.953, blue: 0.063, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#BCF310</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFBCF310)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFBCF310)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(16, 243, 188)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(188, 243, 16)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(188, 243, 16)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 188, 243, 16)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7373f, 0.9529f, 0.0627f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{188,243,16}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #bcf310 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #bcf310 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5E7906, #E8EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #bcf310 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFDF2;
  --brand-100: #F5FBE5;
  --brand-200: #ECF9C3;
  --brand-300: #E1FA94;
  --brand-400: #D2F75F;
  --brand-500: #C3F429;
  --brand-600: #bcf310;
  --brand-700: #96C20A;
  --brand-800: #789B08;
  --brand-900: #57700A;
  --brand-950: #374606;
  --brand: #bcf310;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9FAF4;
  --brand-border: #E2EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #A4D50B;
  --brand-pressed: #8AB309;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #202414;
    --brand-ink: #E8EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFDF2',
        100: '#F5FBE5',
        200: '#ECF9C3',
        300: '#E1FA94',
        400: '#D2F75F',
        500: '#C3F429',
        600: '#bcf310',
        700: '#96C20A',
        800: '#789B08',
        900: '#57700A',
        950: '#374606',
        DEFAULT: '#bcf310',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFDF2,
  '100': #F5FBE5,
  '200': #ECF9C3,
  '300': #E1FA94,
  '400': #D2F75F,
  '500': #C3F429,
  '600': #bcf310,
  '700': #96C20A,
  '800': #789B08,
  '900': #57700A,
  '950': #374606,
);
$brand-base: #bcf310;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFDF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5FBE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#ECF9C3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E1FA94", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D2F75F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C3F429", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#bcf310", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#96C20A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#789B08", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#57700A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#374606", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #bcf310 · 15.97:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.32:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.97:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #bcf310 as text scores 1.32:1 on white and 15.97:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5E7906 at 3.79:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#617D06 · 4.73:1
AA on white−25% L
#617D06
The quick fox
#4A6005 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−31% L
#4A6005
The quick fox
#bcf310 · 15.97:1
AA on blackalready passes
#bcf310
The quick fox
#bcf310 · 15.97:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#bcf310

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7B9F08 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bcf310 on white: 1.32:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bcf310 on black: 15.97:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #bcf310 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #bcf310.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.32:1AaAa
Slate 501.26:1AaAa
Slate 1001.20:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.95:1AaAa
Slate 5003.62:1AaAa
Slate 6005.76:1AaAa
Slate 7007.87:1AaAa
Slate 80011.12:1AaAa
Slate 90013.57:1AaAa
Black15.97:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFE200
deuteranopia · #FAE037
tritanopia · #C6E7CF

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #bcf310 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFDF2
#F5FBE5
#ECF9C3
#E1FA94
#D2F75F
#C3F429
#bcf310
#96C20A
#789B08
#57700A
#374606
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FAFDF2Darkest = 950 · #374606Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.055 124.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.089 124.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.133 124.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.173 124.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.204 124.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.221 124.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.221 124.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.208 124.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.186 124.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.155 124.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.122 124.6);
}

Colors that work with #bcf310

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E2EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#889B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0B0DF8
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5E7906
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8FEE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#202414
Dark-mode background
Hover#A4D50B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8AB309
Two steps down
Disabled#C2C9AA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C7FF18
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #bcf310

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #5E7906
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7B9F08

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight49/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#4710F3
Analogous left#F3B810
Analogous right#4BF310
Split-complement 1#104BF3
Split-complement 2#B810F3
Triadic 1#10BCF3
Triadic 2#F310BC
Tetradic#10F3B8
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°75°

#bcf310 sits at 75°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red73.7%
Green95.3%
Blue6.3%
R · 0–255
188
0xbc
G · 0–255
243
0xf3
B · 0–255
16
0x10

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow93.4%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 121%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#bcf310 text on a black background

contrast 15.97:1

Card sample

#bcf310 text on a white background

contrast 1.32:1

Card sample

#bcf310 on grey

1.20:1

#bcf310 on its own surface

1.25:1

#bcf310 on its dark surface

12.06:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bcf310;
Background color
Panel with #bcf310 background
background-color: #bcf310;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bcf310;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(188, 243, 16, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(188, 243, 16, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bcf310;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bcf310, #25F310);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bcf310, #10F334);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #bcf310;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #bcf310;
caret-color: #bcf310;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #bcf310;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8FEE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #bcf310;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#bcf310 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #bcf310 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(188, 243, 16, 0.5)
rgb(188 243 16 / 50%)
#bcf31080
hsl(75 90% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #bcf310 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#bcf3101a#F8FEE7
20%#bcf31033#F2FDCF
40%#bcf31066#E4FA9F
60%#bcf31099#D7F870
80%#bcf310cc#C9F540

Gradients from #bcf310

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #CCF64A, #bcf310 45%, #5E7906);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #bcf310, #0DDA0B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #bcf310, #4710F3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D5F768 0%, #bcf310 45%, #5E7906 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F5B841 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #50F42D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5E7906 0%, transparent 65%), #bcf310;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bcf310

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#bcf310 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 15.97:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#bcf310, answered

What color is #bcf310?

#bcf310 is a balanced electric green, closest to Green Yellow (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 75° on the hue wheel with 90% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #bcf310?

rgb(188, 243, 16) — 188 red, 243 green and 16 blue out of 255, or 73.7% / 95.3% / 6.3% by channel.

What is #bcf310 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(75, 90%, 51%) and hsv(75, 93%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #bcf310 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7483 and perceived brightness is 83%, so black text on it reaches 15.97:1.

Should I use black or white text on #bcf310?

Black. It scores 15.97:1 against #bcf310, versus 1.32:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #bcf310 accessible on a white background?

#bcf310 on white scores 1.32:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #617D06 to reach 4.5:1, or #4A6005 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #bcf310?

#4710F3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #104BF3 and #B810F3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #bcf310?

For interface work: #F9FAF4 as the surface, #E2EDC0 for borders, #889B4B for secondary text, #0B0DF8 as an accent and #5E7906 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F3B810 and #4BF310 stays calm, while #4710F3 is the loudest partner.

What is #bcf310 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(23%, 0%, 93%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #bcf310 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F3D710; nudged cooler, #68F50E.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #bcf310?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 10.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #bcf310 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #bcf310 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#bcf310] or text-[#bcf310], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #bcf310 with 50% opacity?

rgba(188, 243, 16, 0.5), or #bcf31080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DEF988; over black, #5E7A08.

Is #bcf310 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCFF00, ΔE2000 3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #bcf310 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #bcf310?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #CCF64A, #bcf310 45%, #5E7906). For more colour, a short hue run to #0DDA0B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #bcf310 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #bcf310 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.