#BCD057#BCD057

#BCD057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.148 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD057
RGB	rgb(188, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 58.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -23.59, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 61.22, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0685 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.148 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0159, 56.4916, 17.5475)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD057 #6B57D0

analogous

#D0A757 #BCD057 #80D057

triadic

#BCD057 #57BCD0 #D057BC

tetradic

#BCD057 #57D0A7 #6B57D0 #D05780

square

#BCD057 #57D0A7 #6B57D0 #D05780

split-complementary

#BCD057 #5780D0 #A757D0

monochromatic

#778726 #A1B733 #BCD057 #CFDD87 #E2EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BCD057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#BCD057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD057

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD057	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.148 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de8b',
    500: '#bcd057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd057;
$custom-light: #d3de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.917,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81852,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD057

secondary

#4B3E8E

accent

#48E061

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD057

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

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