#BCDA59#BCDA59

#BCDA59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.158 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDA59
RGB	rgb(188, 218, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -28.23, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 65.15, 115.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0813 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.158 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6141, 61.5555, 18.8223)
Luminance	0.6156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDA59 #7759DA

analogous

#DAB759 #BCDA59 #7CDA59

triadic

#BCDA59 #59BCDA #DA59BC

tetradic

#BCDA59 #59DAB7 #7759DA #DA597C

square

#BCDA59 #59DAB7 #7759DA #DA597C

split-complementary

#BCDA59 #597CDA #B759DA

monochromatic

#7C9722 #A5C92D #BCDA59 #D0E58B #E4F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BCDA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#BCDA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDA59

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDA59	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcda59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 218, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.158 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e58d',
    500: '#bcda59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcda59;
$custom-light: #d3e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcda59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.953,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84094,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDA59

secondary

#523C9B

accent

#1ACB43

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDA59

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

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