#BCD462#BCD462

#BCD462 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.143 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD462
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(73, 54%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 53.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -24.61, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 58.37, 114.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0703 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.143 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4876, 58.6604, 20.4265)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD462 #7A62D4

analogous

#D4B362 #BCD462 #83D462

triadic

#BCD462 #62BCD4 #D462BC

tetradic

#BCD462 #62D4B3 #7A62D4 #D46283

square

#BCD462 #62D4B3 #7A62D4 #D46283

split-complementary

#BCD462 #6283D4 #B362D4

monochromatic

#7D9328 #A5C335 #BCD462 #D1E192 #E5EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BCD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#BCD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD462

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD462	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.143 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2e192',
    500: '#bcd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd462;
$custom-light: #d2e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.632,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82859,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD462

secondary

#544299

accent

#21C543

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD462

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

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