#BCDB59#BCDB59

#BCDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.159 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDB59
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -28.70, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 65.63, 115.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0826 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.159 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8742, 62.0757, 18.9090)
Luminance	0.6208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDB59 #7859DB

analogous

#DBB959 #BCDB59 #7BDB59

triadic

#BCDB59 #59BCDB #DB59BC

tetradic

#BCDB59 #59DBB9 #7859DB #DB597B

square

#BCDB59 #59DBB9 #7859DB #DB597B

split-complementary

#BCDB59 #597BDB #B959DB

monochromatic

#7C9921 #A5CB2C #BCDB59 #D0E68B #E5F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BCDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#BCDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDB59

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDB59	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.159 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e68d',
    500: '#bcdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdb59;
$custom-light: #d3e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.308,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84317,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDB59

secondary

#533B9D

accent

#19CC44

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDB59

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

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