#BCD957#BCD957

#BCD957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.159 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD957
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -27.91, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 65.49, 115.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0806 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.159 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2728, 61.0053, 18.2998)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD957 #7457D9

analogous

#D9B557 #BCD957 #7BD957

triadic

#BCD957 #57BCD9 #D957BC

tetradic

#BCD957 #57D9B5 #7457D9 #D9577B

square

#BCD957 #57D9B5 #7457D9 #D9577B

split-complementary

#BCD957 #577BD9 #B557D9

monochromatic

#7B9421 #A4C62D #BCD957 #D0E489 #E4F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BCD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#BCD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD957

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD957	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)

#E6CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.159 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e48b',
    500: '#bcd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd957;
$custom-light: #d3e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.385,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83851,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD957

secondary

#503B99

accent

#42E666

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD957

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

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