#BCD559#BCD559

#BCD559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.152 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD559
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -25.84, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 62.75, 114.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0746 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.152 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3371, 59.0014, 18.3966)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD559 #7259D5

analogous

#D5B059 #BCD559 #7ED559

triadic

#BCD559 #59BCD5 #D559BC

tetradic

#BCD559 #59D5B0 #7259D5 #D5597E

square

#BCD559 #59D5B0 #7259D5 #D5597E

split-complementary

#BCD559 #597ED5 #B059D5

monochromatic

#7A8F24 #A3C031 #BCD559 #D0E18A #E3EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BCD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#BCD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD559

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD559	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.152 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e28c',
    500: '#bcd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd559;
$custom-light: #d3e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.097,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82982,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD559

secondary

#4F3D95

accent

#45E365

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD559

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

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