#BCD551#BCD551

#BCD551 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.158 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD551
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -26.44, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 66.04, 113.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0771 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.158 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0192, 58.8742, 16.7225)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD551 #6A51D5

analogous

#D5AC51 #BCD551 #7AD551

triadic

#BCD551 #51BCD5 #D551BC

tetradic

#BCD551 #51D5AC #6A51D5 #D5517A

square

#BCD551 #51D5AC #6A51D5 #D5517A

split-complementary

#BCD551 #517AD5 #AC51D5

monochromatic

#768A21 #A1BC2D #BCD551 #CFE182 #E2EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BCD551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#BCD551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD551

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD551	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.158 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e187',
    500: '#bcd551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd551;
$custom-light: #d3e187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82903,
    "c": 0.15849,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD551

secondary

#4A3A90

accent

#44E462

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD551

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

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