#BCDE51#BCDE51

#BCDE51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.169 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDE51
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(74, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(74, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -30.70, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 70.26, 115.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0889 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.169 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3461, 63.5280, 17.4981)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDE51 #7351DE

analogous

#DEBA51 #BCDE51 #76DE51

triadic

#BCDE51 #51BCDE #DE51BC

tetradic

#BCDE51 #51DEBA #7351DE #DE5176

square

#BCDE51 #51DEBA #7351DE #DE5176

split-complementary

#BCDE51 #5176DE #BA51DE

monochromatic

#7A981D #A4CB27 #BCDE51 #D0E884 #E4F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#BCDE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDE51

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDE51	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcde51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.169 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e888',
    500: '#bcde51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcde51;
$custom-light: #d3e888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcde51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.468,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84912,
    "c": 0.16936,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDE51

secondary

#50379C

accent

#3DEB67

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDE51

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

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