#BCD859#BCD859

#BCD859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.156 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD859
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(73, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -27.28, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 64.19, 115.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0786 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.156 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0986, 60.5245, 18.6504)
Luminance	0.6052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD859 #7559D8

analogous

#D8B459 #BCD859 #7DD859

triadic

#BCD859 #59BCD8 #D859BC

tetradic

#BCD859 #59D8B4 #7559D8 #D8597D

square

#BCD859 #59D8B4 #7559D8 #D8597D

split-complementary

#BCD859 #597DD8 #B459D8

monochromatic

#7B9423 #A4C52E #BCD859 #D0E48B #E4EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#BCD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD859

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD859	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)

#E4CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.156 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e48c',
    500: '#bcd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd859;
$custom-light: #d3e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.228,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83649,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD859

secondary

#513C99

accent

#43E567

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD859

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

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