#BCD256#BCD256

#BCD256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.151 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD256
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -24.63, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 62.59, 113.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0715 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.151 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4661, 57.4568, 17.4974)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD256 #6C56D2

analogous

#D2AA56 #BCD256 #7ED256

triadic

#BCD256 #56BCD2 #D256BC

tetradic

#BCD256 #56D2AA #6C56D2 #D2567E

square

#BCD256 #56D2AA #6C56D2 #D2567E

split-complementary

#BCD256 #567ED2 #AA56D2

monochromatic

#778925 #A1B931 #BCD256 #CFDF86 #E2ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#BCD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD256

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD256	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.151 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8a',
    500: '#bcd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd256;
$custom-light: #d3df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.645,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82285,
    "c": 0.15083,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD256

secondary

#4B3D90

accent

#47E162

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD256

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

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