#BCD174#BCD174

#BCD174 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.121 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD174
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(74, 50%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(74, 44%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 44.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -21.38, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 48.58, 116.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0597 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.121 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6921, 57.5534, 25.1687)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD174 #8974D1

analogous

#D1B774 #BCD174 #8DD174

triadic

#BCD174 #74BCD1 #D174BC

tetradic

#BCD174 #74D1B7 #8974D1 #D1748D

square

#BCD174 #74D1B7 #8974D1 #D1748D

split-complementary

#BCD174 #748DD1 #B774D1

monochromatic

#819832 #A6C246 #BCD174 #D2E0A2 #E8EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#BCD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD174

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD174	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)

#DBC86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.121 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df9e',
    500: '#bcd174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd174;
$custom-light: #d1df9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.548,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82435,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD174

secondary

#5E4C9E

accent

#28BE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD174

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

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