#BCD955#BCD955

#BCD955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.160 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD955
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -28.06, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 66.31, 115.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0812 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.16 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1922, 60.9731, 17.8754)
Luminance	0.6097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD955 #7255D9

analogous

#D9B455 #BCD955 #7AD955

triadic

#BCD955 #55BCD9 #D955BC

tetradic

#BCD955 #55D9B4 #7255D9 #D9557A

square

#BCD955 #55D9B4 #7255D9 #D9557A

split-complementary

#BCD955 #557AD9 #B455D9

monochromatic

#7A9321 #A3C52C #BCD955 #D0E487 #E3EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BCD955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#BCD955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD955

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD955	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)

#E6CD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.160 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e48a',
    500: '#bcd955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd955;
$custom-light: #d3e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.182,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83832,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD955

secondary

#4F3A98

accent

#41E666

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD955

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

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