#BCD556#BCD556

#BCD556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.154 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD556
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -26.08, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 64.00, 114.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0756 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.154 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2137, 58.9520, 17.7466)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD556 #6F56D5

analogous

#D5AE56 #BCD556 #7CD556

triadic

#BCD556 #56BCD5 #D556BC

tetradic

#BCD556 #56D5AE #6F56D5 #D5567C

square

#BCD556 #56D5AE #6F56D5 #D5567C

split-complementary

#BCD556 #567CD5 #AE56D5

monochromatic

#798D23 #A2BE2F #BCD556 #CFE187 #E3EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BCD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#BCD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD556

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD556	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.154 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e18a',
    500: '#bcd556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd556;
$custom-light: #d3e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.811,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82951,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD556

secondary

#4D3C93

accent

#44E364

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD556

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

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