#BCD178#BCD178

#BCD178 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.117 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD178
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(74, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 43%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 42.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -20.94, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 46.67, 116.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0581 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.117 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9298, 57.6485, 26.4206)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD178 #8D78D1

analogous

#D1B978 #BCD178 #90D178

triadic

#BCD178 #78BCD1 #D178BC

tetradic

#BCD178 #78D1B9 #8D78D1 #D17890

square

#BCD178 #78D1B9 #8D78D1 #D17890

split-complementary

#BCD178 #7890D1 #B978D1

monochromatic

#829A35 #A5C14A #BCD178 #D3E1A6 #E9F0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#BCD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD178

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD178	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.117 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dfa0',
    500: '#bcd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd178;
$custom-light: #d1dfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.157,
    "s": 49.171,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82494,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD178

secondary

#614E9F

accent

#29BC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD178

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

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