#BCDB51#BCDB51

#BCDB51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.166 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDB51
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(73, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -29.29, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 68.85, 115.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.085 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.166 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5564, 61.9486, 17.2349)
Luminance	0.6195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDB51 #7051DB

analogous

#DBB551 #BCDB51 #77DB51

triadic

#BCDB51 #51BCDB #DB51BC

tetradic

#BCDB51 #51DBB5 #7051DB #DB5177

square

#BCDB51 #51DBB5 #7051DB #DB5177

split-complementary

#BCDB51 #5177DB #B551DB

monochromatic

#79931E #A3C629 #BCDB51 #D0E584 #E3F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BCDB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#BCDB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDB51

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDB51	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.166 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e688',
    500: '#bcdb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdb51;
$custom-light: #d3e688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.478,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84241,
    "c": 0.16573,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDB51

secondary

#4E3898

accent

#3FE965

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDB51

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →