#BCDF59#BCDF59

#BCDF59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.164 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDF59
RGB	rgb(188, 223, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 0%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -30.58, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 67.57, 116.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0879 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.164 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9303, 64.1879, 19.2610)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDF59 #7C59DF

analogous

#DFBF59 #BCDF59 #79DF59

triadic

#BCDF59 #59BCDF #DF59BC

tetradic

#BCDF59 #59DFBF #7C59DF #DF5979

square

#BCDF59 #59DFBF #7C59DF #DF5979

split-complementary

#BCDF59 #5979DF #BF59DF

monochromatic

#7D9F1F #A6D229 #BCDF59 #D1E98C #E5F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#BCDF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#BCDF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDF59

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDF59	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.164 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e98d',
    500: '#bcdf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdf59;
$custom-light: #d3e98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.672,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85211,
    "c": 0.16437,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDF59

secondary

#553AA2

accent

#16D046

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDF59

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

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