#BCD459#BCD459

#BCD459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.151 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD459
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -25.36, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 62.27, 114.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0733 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.151 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0863, 58.4999, 18.3130)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD459 #7159D4

analogous

#D4AF59 #BCD459 #7FD459

triadic

#BCD459 #59BCD4 #D459BC

tetradic

#BCD459 #59D4AF #7159D4 #D4597F

square

#BCD459 #59D4AF #7159D4 #D4597F

split-complementary

#BCD459 #597FD4 #AF59D4

monochromatic

#798E25 #A3BE31 #BCD459 #D0E18A #E3EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BCD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#BCD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD459

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD459	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.151 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e18c',
    500: '#bcd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd459;
$custom-light: #d3e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.707,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82759,
    "c": 0.15073,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD459

secondary

#4E3E94

accent

#46E264

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD459

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

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