#BCD656#BCD656

#BCD656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.156 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD656
RGB	rgb(188, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -26.55, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 64.48, 114.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0769 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.156 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4660, 59.4566, 17.8307)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD656 #7056D6

analogous

#D6B056 #BCD656 #7CD656

triadic

#BCD656 #56BCD6 #D656BC

tetradic

#BCD656 #56D6B0 #7056D6 #D6567C

square

#BCD656 #56D6B0 #7056D6 #D6567C

split-complementary

#BCD656 #567CD6 #B056D6

monochromatic

#798F23 #A3C02F #BCD656 #D0E287 #E3EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BCD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#BCD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD656

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD656	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.156 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e28b',
    500: '#bcd656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd656;
$custom-light: #d3e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.188,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83173,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD656

secondary

#4E3C95

accent

#44E464

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD656

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

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