#BCDE56#BCDE56

#BCDE56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.166 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDE56
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(75, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -30.34, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 68.29, 116.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0875 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.166 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5405, 63.6057, 18.5222)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDE56 #7856DE

analogous

#DEBC56 #BCDE56 #78DE56

triadic

#BCDE56 #56BCDE #DE56BC

tetradic

#BCDE56 #56DEBC #7856DE #DE5678

square

#BCDE56 #56DEBC #7856DE #DE5678

split-complementary

#BCDE56 #5678DE #BC56DE

monochromatic

#7C9B1E #A5CE28 #BCDE56 #D0E889 #E5F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#BCDE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDE56

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDE56	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcde56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.166 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e88b',
    500: '#bcde56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcde56;
$custom-light: #d3e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcde56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84958,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDE56

secondary

#53399F

accent

#16CF45

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDE56

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

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