#BCD160#BCD160

#BCD160 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD160
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 96)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 54.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -23.33, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 57.78, 113.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0669 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.141 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6514, 57.1371, 19.6877)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD160 #7560D1

analogous

#D1AD60 #BCD160 #84D160

triadic

#BCD160 #60BCD1 #D160BC

tetradic

#BCD160 #60D1AD #7560D1 #D16084

square

#BCD160 #60D1AD #7560D1 #D16084

split-complementary

#BCD160 #6084D1 #AD60D1

monochromatic

#7B8E29 #A4BD37 #BCD160 #D0DF8F #E4ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCD160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BCD160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD160

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD160	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df90',
    500: '#bcd160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd160;
$custom-light: #d2df90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.15,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82172,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD160

secondary

#514194

accent

#49DE65

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD160

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

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