#BCD553#BCD553

#BCD553 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.157 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD553
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 83)
HSL	hsl(72, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 61%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -26.30, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 65.24, 113.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0765 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.157 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0953, 58.9047, 17.1233)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD553 #6C53D5

analogous

#D5AD53 #BCD553 #7BD553

triadic

#BCD553 #53BCD5 #D553BC

tetradic

#BCD553 #53D5AD #6C53D5 #D5537B

square

#BCD553 #53D5AD #6C53D5 #D5537B

split-complementary

#BCD553 #537BD5 #AD53D5

monochromatic

#778C22 #A1BD2E #BCD553 #CFE184 #E2EDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BCD553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#BCD553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD553

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD553	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.157 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e189',
    500: '#bcd553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd553;
$custom-light: #d3e189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82922,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD553

secondary

#4B3B92

accent

#44E463

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD553

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

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