#BCD259#BCD259

#BCD259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.148 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD259
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -24.40, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 61.31, 113.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0706 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.148 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5895, 57.5062, 18.1474)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD259 #6F59D2

analogous

#D2AB59 #BCD259 #7FD259

triadic

#BCD259 #59BCD2 #D259BC

tetradic

#BCD259 #59D2AB #6F59D2 #D2597F

square

#BCD259 #59D2AB #6F59D2 #D2597F

split-complementary

#BCD259 #597FD2 #AB59D2

monochromatic

#798B26 #A2BB33 #BCD259 #CFDF89 #E3ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#BCD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD259

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD259	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.148 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df8c',
    500: '#bcd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd259;
$custom-light: #d3df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82316,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD259

secondary

#4D3E91

accent

#47E163

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD259

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

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