#BCD257#BCD257

#BCD257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.150 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD257
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 58.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -24.56, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 62.16, 113.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0712 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.15 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5066, 57.4730, 17.7111)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD257 #6D57D2

analogous

#D2AA57 #BCD257 #7ED257

triadic

#BCD257 #57BCD2 #D257BC

tetradic

#BCD257 #57D2AA #6D57D2 #D2577E

square

#BCD257 #57D2AA #6D57D2 #D2577E

split-complementary

#BCD257 #577ED2 #AA57D2

monochromatic

#788A25 #A2BA32 #BCD257 #CFDF87 #E3ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#BCD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD257

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD257	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)

#DFC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.150 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8b',
    500: '#bcd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd257;
$custom-light: #d3df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.732,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82295,
    "c": 0.14998,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD257

secondary

#4C3D90

accent

#47E162

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD257

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

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