#BCD457#BCD457

#BCD457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.152 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD457
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 59%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -25.52, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 63.11, 113.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0739 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.152 119)
XYZ	xyz(46.0035, 58.4667, 17.8767)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD457 #6F57D4

analogous

#D4AD57 #BCD457 #7DD457

triadic

#BCD457 #57BCD4 #D457BC

tetradic

#BCD457 #57D4AD #6F57D4 #D4577D

square

#BCD457 #57D4AD #6F57D4 #D4577D

split-complementary

#BCD457 #577DD4 #AD57D4

monochromatic

#798D24 #A2BD30 #BCD457 #CFE088 #E3EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BCD457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#BCD457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD457

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD457	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.152 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e18b',
    500: '#bcd457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd457;
$custom-light: #d3e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.52,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82739,
    "c": 0.15243,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.58466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD457

secondary

#4D3D93

accent

#45E264

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD457

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

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