#BCD059#BCD059

#BCD059 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.146 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD059
RGB	rgb(188, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 57.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -23.43, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 60.36, 112.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0679 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.146 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0988, 56.5248, 17.9838)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD059 #6D59D0

analogous

#D0A859 #BCD059 #80D059

triadic

#BCD059 #59BCD0 #D059BC

tetradic

#BCD059 #59D0A8 #6D59D0 #D05980

square

#BCD059 #59D0A8 #6D59D0 #D05980

split-complementary

#BCD059 #5980D0 #A859D0

monochromatic

#788827 #A2B834 #BCD059 #CFDE89 #E3EBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BCD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#BCD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD059

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD059	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)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.146 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de8c',
    500: '#bcd059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd059;
$custom-light: #d2de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.084,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81873,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD059

secondary

#4C3E8F

accent

#49DF62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD059

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

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