#BCD856#BCD856

#BCD856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.158 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD856
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -27.51, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 65.43, 114.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0796 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.158 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9752, 60.4751, 18.0004)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD856 #7256D8

analogous

#D8B356 #BCD856 #7BD856

triadic

#BCD856 #56BCD8 #D856BC

tetradic

#BCD856 #56D8B3 #7256D8 #D8567B

square

#BCD856 #56D8B3 #7256D8 #D8567B

split-complementary

#BCD856 #567BD8 #B356D8

monochromatic

#7A9222 #A3C42D #BCD856 #D0E388 #E3EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#BCD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD856

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD856	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.158 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e48b',
    500: '#bcd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd856;
$custom-light: #d3e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83619,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD856

secondary

#4F3B97

accent

#42E665

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD856

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

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