#BCD579#BCD579

#BCD579 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.121 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD579
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(76, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(76, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 43.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -22.79, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 48.32, 118.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0633 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.121 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9845, 59.6603, 27.0731)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD579 #9279D5

analogous

#D5C079 #BCD579 #8ED579

triadic

#BCD579 #79BCD5 #D579BC

tetradic

#BCD579 #79D5C0 #9279D5 #D5798E

square

#BCD579 #79D5C0 #9279D5 #D5798E

split-complementary

#BCD579 #798ED5 #C079D5

monochromatic

#83A132 #A5C64A #BCD579 #D3E4A8 #EBF2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BCD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#BCD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD579

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD579	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.121 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e2a1',
    500: '#bcd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd579;
$custom-light: #d1e2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.304,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83388,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD579

secondary

#654DA5

accent

#26C050

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD579

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

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