Palettes / Colors / #BCD548

#BCD548 — Green

#BCD548 is a green color we call Green, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #BCD548 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BCD548 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #6248D5; it also sits naturally between #D5A948 and #75D548. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 84% · Blue 28%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 66% · Key 16%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BCD548

.text { color: #BCD548; }
.background { background-color: #BCD548; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCD548; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 213, 72); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(71, 63%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCD548; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 213, 72, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCD548; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 213, 72, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCD548">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCD548">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCD548

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #6248D5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCD548: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCD548

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BCD548 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCD548 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCD547  ·  #BCD549 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCD548?

#BCD548 is Green, a green color (RGB 188, 213, 72). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCD548?

#BCD548 is RGB 188, 213, 72 — HSL 71°, 63%, 56% — CMYK 12%, 0%, 66%, 16%.

What colors go with #BCD548?

Its complement is #6248D5; analogous partners are #D5A948 and #75D548. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCD548 for text?

Black text on #BCD548 has a contrast ratio of 12.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.65:1.