#BCE16E#BCE16E
#BCE16E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.148 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BCE16E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(188, 225, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(79, 66%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(79, 51%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(16.4%, 0%, 51.1%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.83, -29.69, 51.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.83, 59.66, 119.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.89% -0.0835 0.1227) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.89% 0.148 124.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.4788, 65.6673, 24.7645) |
| Luminance | 0.6567 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pale Olive Green
#B1D27B
ΔE00 5.11
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 5.96
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 6.10
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 6.25
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 6.46
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 6.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BCE16E #936EE1
analogous
#E1CC6E #BCE16E #82E16E
triadic
#BCE16E #6EBCE1 #E16EBC
tetradic
#BCE16E #6EE1CC #936EE1 #E16E82
square
#BCE16E #6EE1CC #936EE1 #E16E82
split-complementary
#BCE16E #6E82E1 #CC6EE1
monochromatic
#83B024 #A5D73B #BCE16E #D3EBA1 #EBF6D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.49
#BCE16E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.13
#BCE16E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BCE16E
14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BCE16E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BCE16E | 1.00 | 1.49 | 14.13 | 14.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#ECD563
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D375
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3D8C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bce16e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 225, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.148 124.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d2ea9a',
500: '#bce16e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bce16e; $custom-light: #d2ea9a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bce16e",
"rgb": {
"r": 188,
"g": 225,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 79.304,
"s": 65.714,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85892,
"c": 0.14843,
"h": 124.2
},
"luminance": 0.65668
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BCE16E
secondary
#6642B2
accent
#18CE52
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFDF5
border
#D4D5CF
text
#14160E
muted
#83847F