#BCD651#BCD651

#BCD651 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.160 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD651
RGB	rgb(188, 214, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -26.92, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 66.51, 113.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0784 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.16 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2715, 59.3788, 16.8066)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD651 #6B51D6

analogous

#D6AD51 #BCD651 #7AD651

triadic

#BCD651 #51BCD6 #D651BC

tetradic

#BCD651 #51D6AD #6B51D6 #D6517A

square

#BCD651 #51D6AD #6B51D6 #D6517A

split-complementary

#BCD651 #517AD6 #AD51D6

monochromatic

#778C21 #A1BD2D #BCD651 #CFE283 #E2EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BCD651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#BCD651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD651

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD651	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 214, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.160 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e288',
    500: '#bcd651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd651;
$custom-light: #d3e288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.729,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83125,
    "c": 0.15969,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD651

secondary

#4B3A92

accent

#43E563

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD651

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

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