#BCD172#BCD172

#BCD172 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.123 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD172
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(73, 51%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 45.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -21.60, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 49.52, 115.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0604 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.123 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5770, 57.5074, 24.5626)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD172 #8772D1

analogous

#D1B672 #BCD172 #8CD172

triadic

#BCD172 #72BCD1 #D172BC

tetradic

#BCD172 #72D1B6 #8772D1 #D1728C

square

#BCD172 #72D1B6 #8772D1 #D1728C

split-complementary

#BCD172 #728CD1 #B672D1

monochromatic

#819731 #A6C244 #BCD172 #D2E0A0 #E8EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#BCD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD172

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD172	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.123 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df9c',
    500: '#bcd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd172;
$custom-light: #d2df9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.263,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82406,
    "c": 0.12302,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD172

secondary

#5D4A9D

accent

#27BE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD172

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

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