#BCDC59#BCDC59

#BCDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.161 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDC59
RGB	rgb(188, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -29.17, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 66.12, 116.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0839 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.161 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1359, 62.5990, 18.9962)
Luminance	0.6260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDC59 #7959DC

analogous

#DCBA59 #BCDC59 #7BDC59

triadic

#BCDC59 #59BCDC #DC59BC

tetradic

#BCDC59 #59DCBA #7959DC #DC597B

square

#BCDC59 #59DCBA #7959DC #DC597B

split-complementary

#BCDC59 #597BDC #BA59DC

monochromatic

#7C9A20 #A5CD2B #BCDC59 #D0E78C #E5F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BCDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#BCDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDC59

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDC59	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.161 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e78d',
    500: '#bcdc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdc59;
$custom-light: #d3e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.656,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8454,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDC59

secondary

#533B9E

accent

#18CD45

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDC59

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

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