#BCD953#BCD953

#BCD953 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.162 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD953
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 83)
HSL	hsl(73, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -28.20, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 67.12, 114.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0818 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.162 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1139, 60.9417, 17.4628)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD953 #7053D9

analogous

#D9B353 #BCD953 #79D953

triadic

#BCD953 #53BCD9 #D953BC

tetradic

#BCD953 #53D9B3 #7053D9 #D95379

square

#BCD953 #53D9B3 #7053D9 #D95379

split-complementary

#BCD953 #5379D9 #B353D9

monochromatic

#799120 #A3C42B #BCD953 #D0E485 #E3EFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BCD953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#BCD953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD953

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD953	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.162 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e489',
    500: '#bcd953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd953;
$custom-light: #d3e489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.985,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83813,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD953

secondary

#4E3A97

accent

#41E765

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD953

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

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