#BCD557#BCD557

#BCD557 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	#BCD557
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -26.00, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 63.59, 114.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0753 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.154 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2542, 58.9682, 17.9603)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD557 #7057D5

analogous

#D5AF57 #BCD557 #7DD557

triadic

#BCD557 #57BCD5 #D557BC

tetradic

#BCD557 #57D5AF #7057D5 #D5577D

square

#BCD557 #57D5AF #7057D5 #D5577D

split-complementary

#BCD557 #577DD5 #AF57D5

monochromatic

#798E24 #A3BF30 #BCD557 #D0E188 #E3EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BCD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#BCD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD557

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD557	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)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.154 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e18b',
    500: '#bcd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd557;
$custom-light: #d3e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.905,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82961,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD557

secondary

#4E3C94

accent

#45E364

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD557

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

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