#BCD956#BCD956

#BCD956 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.159 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD956
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -27.98, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 65.90, 115.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0809 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.159 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2322, 60.9891, 18.0861)
Luminance	0.6099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD956 #7356D9

analogous

#D9B456 #BCD956 #7BD956

triadic

#BCD956 #56BCD9 #D956BC

tetradic

#BCD956 #56D9B4 #7356D9 #D9567B

square

#BCD956 #56D9B4 #7356D9 #D9567B

split-complementary

#BCD956 #567BD9 #B456D9

monochromatic

#7A9321 #A4C52C #BCD956 #D0E488 #E4EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BCD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#BCD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD956

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD956	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.159 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e48b',
    500: '#bcd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd956;
$custom-light: #d3e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.282,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83841,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD956

secondary

#503B98

accent

#41E666

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD956

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

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