#BCDE39#BCDE39

#BCDE39 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.185 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDE39
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 57)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 74.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -32.09, 71.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 78.61, 114.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0949 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.185 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5997, 63.2294, 13.5670)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDE39 #5B39DE

analogous

#DEAE39 #BCDE39 #69DE39

triadic

#BCDE39 #39BCDE #DE39BC

tetradic

#BCDE39 #39DEAE #5B39DE #DE3969

square

#BCDE39 #39DEAE #5B39DE #DE3969

split-complementary

#BCDE39 #3969DE #AE39DE

monochromatic

#6F8616 #9BBB1F #BCDE39 #CEE76D #E0EFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BCDE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#BCDE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDE39

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDE39	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7D2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcde39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.185 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e87b',
    500: '#bcde39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcde39;
$custom-light: #d4e87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcde39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.364,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84736,
    "c": 0.18478,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDE39

secondary

#422F8C

accent

#3AEE5F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDE39

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

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