#BCD159#BCD159

#BCD159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.147 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD159
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -23.91, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 60.84, 113.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0692 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.147 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3434, 57.0139, 18.0653)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD159 #6E59D1

analogous

#D1AA59 #BCD159 #80D159

triadic

#BCD159 #59BCD1 #D159BC

tetradic

#BCD159 #59D1AA #6E59D1 #D15980

square

#BCD159 #59D1AA #6E59D1 #D15980

split-complementary

#BCD159 #5980D1 #AA59D1

monochromatic

#788926 #A2B933 #BCD159 #CFDE89 #E3ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#BCD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD159

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD159	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)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.147 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8c',
    500: '#bcd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd159;
$custom-light: #d3df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82094,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD159

secondary

#4D3E90

accent

#48E063

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD159

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

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