#BCD261#BCD261

#BCD261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.141 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD261
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(72, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -23.73, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 57.83, 114.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0679 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.141 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9438, 57.6479, 20.0137)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD261 #7761D2

analogous

#D2AF61 #BCD261 #84D261

triadic

#BCD261 #61BCD2 #D261BC

tetradic

#BCD261 #61D2AF #7761D2 #D26184

square

#BCD261 #61D2AF #7761D2 #D26184

split-complementary

#BCD261 #6184D2 #AF61D2

monochromatic

#7C9029 #A5BF36 #BCD261 #D0E091 #E4EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#BCD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD261

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD261	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)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.141 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2df91',
    500: '#bcd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd261;
$custom-light: #d2df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.681,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82405,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD261

secondary

#524296

accent

#22C342

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD261

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

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