#BCD851#BCD851

#BCD851 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.162 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD851
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -27.87, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 67.44, 114.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0811 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.162 120)
XYZ	xyz(46.7808, 60.3974, 16.9764)
Luminance	0.6040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD851 #6D51D8

analogous

#D8B051 #BCD851 #79D851

triadic

#BCD851 #51BCD8 #D851BC

tetradic

#BCD851 #51D8B0 #6D51D8 #D85179

square

#BCD851 #51D8B0 #6D51D8 #D85179

split-complementary

#BCD851 #5179D8 #B051D8

monochromatic

#788F20 #A2C12B #BCD851 #CFE383 #E3EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BCD851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#BCD851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD851

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD851	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.162 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e488',
    500: '#bcd851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd851;
$custom-light: #d3e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83571,
    "c": 0.1621,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.60397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD851

secondary

#4C3994

accent

#41E664

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD851

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

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