#BCDD57#BCDD57

#BCDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.164 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDD57
RGB	rgb(188, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -29.80, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 67.41, 116.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0859 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.164 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3163, 63.0924, 18.6476)
Luminance	0.6309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDD57 #7857DD

analogous

#DDBB57 #BCDD57 #79DD57

triadic

#BCDD57 #57BCDD #DD57BC

tetradic

#BCDD57 #57DDBB #7857DD #DD5779

square

#BCDD57 #57DDBB #7857DD #DD5779

split-complementary

#BCDD57 #5779DD #BB57DD

monochromatic

#7C9A1F #A5CD2A #BCDD57 #D0E78A #E5F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BCDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#BCDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDD57

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDD57	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.164 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e78c',
    500: '#bcdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdd57;
$custom-light: #d3e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.776,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84744,
    "c": 0.1635,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDD57

secondary

#533A9E

accent

#17CE44

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDD57

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

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