#BCD451#BCD451

#BCD451 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.157 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD451
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -25.96, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 65.58, 113.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.0757 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.157 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7685, 58.3727, 16.6389)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD451 #6951D4

analogous

#D4AA51 #BCD451 #7BD451

triadic

#BCD451 #51BCD4 #D451BC

tetradic

#BCD451 #51D4AA #6951D4 #D4517B

square

#BCD451 #51D4AA #6951D4 #D4517B

split-complementary

#BCD451 #517BD4 #AA51D4

monochromatic

#768922 #A0BA2E #BCD451 #CFE082 #E2ECB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BCD451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#BCD451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD451

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD451	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.157 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e187',
    500: '#bcd451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd451;
$custom-light: #d3e187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.992,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8268,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD451

secondary

#4A3A8F

accent

#44E461

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD451

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

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