#BCD657#BCD657

#BCD657 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.155 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD657
RGB	rgb(188, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -26.48, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 64.06, 114.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0766 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.155 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5065, 59.4728, 18.0444)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD657 #7157D6

analogous

#D6B057 #BCD657 #7DD657

triadic

#BCD657 #57BCD6 #D657BC

tetradic

#BCD657 #57D6B0 #7157D6 #D6577D

square

#BCD657 #57D6B0 #7157D6 #D6577D

split-complementary

#BCD657 #577DD6 #B057D6

monochromatic

#799023 #A3C12F #BCD657 #D0E288 #E3EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BCD657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#BCD657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD657

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD657	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)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.155 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e28b',
    500: '#bcd657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd657;
$custom-light: #d3e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.283,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83183,
    "c": 0.15487,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD657

secondary

#4E3C95

accent

#44E465

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD657

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

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