#BCD853#BCD853

#BCD853 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.161 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD853
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 61.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -27.73, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 66.64, 114.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0805 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.161 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8569, 60.4278, 17.3772)
Luminance	0.6043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD853 #6F53D8

analogous

#D8B253 #BCD853 #79D853

triadic

#BCD853 #53BCD8 #D853BC

tetradic

#BCD853 #53D8B2 #6F53D8 #D85379

square

#BCD853 #53D8B2 #6F53D8 #D85379

split-complementary

#BCD853 #5379D8 #B253D8

monochromatic

#799021 #A2C22C #BCD853 #CFE385 #E3EFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#BCD853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD853

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD853	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.161 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e489',
    500: '#bcd853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd853;
$custom-light: #d3e489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.632,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8359,
    "c": 0.16054,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD853

secondary

#4D3A95

accent

#42E664

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD853

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

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