#BCDD59#BCDD59

#BCDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.162 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDD59
RGB	rgb(188, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -29.64, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 66.60, 116.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0853 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.162 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3991, 63.1255, 19.0839)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDD59 #7A59DD

analogous

#DDBC59 #BCDD59 #7ADD59

triadic

#BCDD59 #59BCDD #DD59BC

tetradic

#BCDD59 #59DDBC #7A59DD #DD597A

square

#BCDD59 #59DDBC #7A59DD #DD597A

split-complementary

#BCDD59 #597ADD #BC59DD

monochromatic

#7D9C20 #A5CF2A #BCDD59 #D1E78C #E5F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BCDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#BCDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDD59

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDD59	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.162 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e78d',
    500: '#bcdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdd59;
$custom-light: #d3e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84764,
    "c": 0.16188,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDD59

secondary

#543BA0

accent

#18CE45

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDD59

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

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