#BCD357#BCD357

#BCD357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.151 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD357
RGB	rgb(188, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 58.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -25.04, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 62.64, 113.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0726 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.151 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7543, 57.9683, 17.7936)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD357 #6E57D3

analogous

#D3AC57 #BCD357 #7ED357

triadic

#BCD357 #57BCD3 #D357BC

tetradic

#BCD357 #57D3AC #6E57D3 #D3577E

square

#BCD357 #57D3AC #6E57D3 #D3577E

split-complementary

#BCD357 #577ED3 #AC57D3

monochromatic

#788B24 #A2BC31 #BCD357 #CFE087 #E3ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BCD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#BCD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD357

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD357	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.151 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e08b',
    500: '#bcd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd357;
$custom-light: #d3e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.129,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82517,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD357

secondary

#4D3D91

accent

#46E263

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD357

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

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