#BCD162#BCD162

#BCD162 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.139 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD162
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(71, 53%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 53.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -23.15, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 56.89, 114.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0662 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.139 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7447, 57.1744, 20.1788)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD162 #7762D1

analogous

#D1AE62 #BCD162 #85D162

triadic

#BCD162 #62BCD1 #D162BC

tetradic

#BCD162 #62D1AE #7762D1 #D16285

square

#BCD162 #62D1AE #7762D1 #D16285

split-complementary

#BCD162 #6285D1 #AE62D1

monochromatic

#7C8F2A #A5BE38 #BCD162 #D0DF91 #E4EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BCD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#BCD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD162

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD162	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)

#DDC757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.139 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df92',
    500: '#bcd162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd162;
$custom-light: #d2df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.351,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82196,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD162

secondary

#524295

accent

#23C241

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD162

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

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