#BCD659#BCD659

#BCD659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.153 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD659
RGB	rgb(188, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(72, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -26.32, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 63.23, 114.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.076 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.153 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5894, 59.5060, 18.4807)
Luminance	0.5951 (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

#BCD659 #7359D6

analogous

#D6B259 #BCD659 #7ED659

triadic

#BCD659 #59BCD6 #D659BC

tetradic

#BCD659 #59D6B2 #7359D6 #D6597E

square

#BCD659 #59D6B2 #7359D6 #D6597E

split-complementary

#BCD659 #597ED6 #B259D6

monochromatic

#7A9124 #A4C230 #BCD659 #D0E28A #E4EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BCD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#BCD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD659

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD659	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.153 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e28c',
    500: '#bcd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd659;
$custom-light: #d3e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.48,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83204,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD659

secondary

#503D96

accent

#44E465

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD659

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

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