#BCDE57#BCDE57

#BCDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.165 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDE57
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -30.26, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 67.89, 116.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0872 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.165 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5811, 63.6220, 18.7359)
Luminance	0.6362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDE57 #7957DE

analogous

#DEBC57 #BCDE57 #78DE57

triadic

#BCDE57 #57BCDE #DE57BC

tetradic

#BCDE57 #57DEBC #7957DE #DE5778

square

#BCDE57 #57DEBC #7957DE #DE5778

split-complementary

#BCDE57 #5778DE #BC57DE

monochromatic

#7C9C1F #A5CF29 #BCDE57 #D0E88A #E5F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#BCDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDE57

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDE57	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)

#EAD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcde57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.165 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e88c',
    500: '#bcde57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcde57;
$custom-light: #d3e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcde57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84968,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDE57

secondary

#533AA0

accent

#16CF45

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDE57

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

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