#BCD173#BCD173

#BCD173 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.122 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD173
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(73, 51%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 45%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -21.49, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 49.05, 115.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.06 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.122 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6343, 57.5303, 24.8640)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD173 #8873D1

analogous

#D1B773 #BCD173 #8DD173

triadic

#BCD173 #73BCD1 #D173BC

tetradic

#BCD173 #73D1B7 #8873D1 #D1738D

square

#BCD173 #73D1B7 #8873D1 #D1738D

split-complementary

#BCD173 #738DD1 #B773D1

monochromatic

#819832 #A6C245 #BCD173 #D2E0A1 #E8EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#BCD173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD173

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD173	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.122 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df9d',
    500: '#bcd173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd173;
$custom-light: #d1df9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.404,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8242,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD173

secondary

#5D4B9D

accent

#28BE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD173

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

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