#BCD959#BCD959

#BCD959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.157 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD959
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -27.75, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 64.67, 115.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.08 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.157 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3556, 61.0384, 18.7361)
Luminance	0.6104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD959 #7659D9

analogous

#D9B659 #BCD959 #7CD959

triadic

#BCD959 #59BCD9 #D959BC

tetradic

#BCD959 #59D9B6 #7659D9 #D9597C

square

#BCD959 #59D9B6 #7659D9 #D9597C

split-complementary

#BCD959 #597CD9 #B659D9

monochromatic

#7B9522 #A4C72E #BCD959 #D0E48B #E4F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BCD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#BCD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD959

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD959	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.157 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e48d',
    500: '#bcd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd959;
$custom-light: #d3e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.594,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83871,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD959

secondary

#513C9A

accent

#42E667

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD959

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

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