#BCD157#BCD157

#BCD157 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.149 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD157
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 58.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -24.07, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 61.69, 112.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0699 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.149 118)
XYZ	xyz(45.2605, 56.9808, 17.6290)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD157 #6C57D1

analogous

#D1A957 #BCD157 #7FD157

triadic

#BCD157 #57BCD1 #D157BC

tetradic

#BCD157 #57D1A9 #6C57D1 #D1577F

square

#BCD157 #57D1A9 #6C57D1 #D1577F

split-complementary

#BCD157 #577FD1 #A957D1

monochromatic

#778825 #A1B832 #BCD157 #CFDE87 #E2EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#BCD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD157

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD157	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.149 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8b',
    500: '#bcd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd157;
$custom-light: #d3df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.328,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82073,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.5698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD157

secondary

#4B3D8F

accent

#48E062

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD157

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

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