#BCD251#BCD251

#BCD251 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.155 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD251
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -25.00, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 64.65, 112.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0731 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.155 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2716, 57.3790, 16.4733)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD251 #6751D2

analogous

#D2A851 #BCD251 #7BD251

triadic

#BCD251 #51BCD2 #D251BC

tetradic

#BCD251 #51D2A8 #6751D2 #D2517B

square

#BCD251 #51D2A8 #6751D2 #D2517B

split-complementary

#BCD251 #517BD2 #A851D2

monochromatic

#758623 #9FB72F #BCD251 #CFDF82 #E1EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#BCD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD251

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD251	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.155 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df87',
    500: '#bcd251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd251;
$custom-light: #d3df87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.233,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82236,
    "c": 0.15491,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD251

secondary

#493B8D

accent

#46E260

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD251

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

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