#BCD161#BCD161

#BCD161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.140 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD161
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -23.24, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 57.34, 113.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0666 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.14 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6977, 57.1557, 19.9317)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD161 #7661D1

analogous

#D1AE61 #BCD161 #84D161

triadic

#BCD161 #61BCD1 #D161BC

tetradic

#BCD161 #61D1AE #7661D1 #D16184

square

#BCD161 #61D1AE #7661D1 #D16184

split-complementary

#BCD161 #6184D1 #AE61D1

monochromatic

#7B8E29 #A4BE37 #BCD161 #D0DF90 #E4EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BCD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD161

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD161	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)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.140 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df91',
    500: '#bcd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd161;
$custom-light: #d2df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82184,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD161

secondary

#514294

accent

#4ADE65

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD161

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

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