#BCD857#BCD857

#BCD857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.157 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD857
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -27.43, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 65.02, 114.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0793 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.157 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0158, 60.4914, 18.2141)
Luminance	0.6049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD857 #7357D8

analogous

#D8B357 #BCD857 #7CD857

triadic

#BCD857 #57BCD8 #D857BC

tetradic

#BCD857 #57D8B3 #7357D8 #D8577C

square

#BCD857 #57D8B3 #7357D8 #D8577C

split-complementary

#BCD857 #577CD8 #B357D8

monochromatic

#7A9322 #A4C42E #BCD857 #D0E489 #E4EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#BCD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD857

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD857	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)

#E5CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.157 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e48b',
    500: '#bcd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd857;
$custom-light: #d3e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.023,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83628,
    "c": 0.15733,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD857

secondary

#503C98

accent

#42E566

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD857

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

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