#BCD978#BCD978

#BCD978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.128 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD978
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(78, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(78, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 44.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -24.84, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 50.92, 119.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0691 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.128 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9421, 61.6730, 27.0914)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD978 #9578D9

analogous

#D9C578 #BCD978 #8BD978

triadic

#BCD978 #78BCD9 #D978BC

tetradic

#BCD978 #78D9C5 #9578D9 #D9788B

square

#BCD978 #78D9C5 #9578D9 #D9788B

split-complementary

#BCD978 #788BD9 #C578D9

monochromatic

#83A72F #A4CC48 #BCD978 #D4E6A8 #EBF4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BCD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#BCD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD978

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD978	1.00	1.57	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.128 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4a1',
    500: '#bcd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd978;
$custom-light: #d1e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.938,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84254,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD978

secondary

#674AAB

accent

#22C452

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD978

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

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