#BCDE59#BCDE59

#BCDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.163 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDE59
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(75, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -30.11, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 67.08, 116.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0866 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.163 122)
XYZ	xyz(48.6640, 63.6551, 19.1722)
Luminance	0.6365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDE59 #7B59DE

analogous

#DEBD59 #BCDE59 #79DE59

triadic

#BCDE59 #59BCDE #DE59BC

tetradic

#BCDE59 #59DEBD #7B59DE #DE5979

square

#BCDE59 #59DEBD #7B59DE #DE5979

split-complementary

#BCDE59 #5979DE #BD59DE

monochromatic

#7D9D1F #A6D029 #BCDE59 #D1E88C #E5F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#BCDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDE59

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDE59	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcde59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.163 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e88d',
    500: '#bcde59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcde59;
$custom-light: #d3e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcde59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.338,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84987,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.63655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDE59

secondary

#553AA1

accent

#17CF46

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDE59

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

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