#BCE251#BCE251

#BCE251 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.174 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCE251
RGB	rgb(188, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(76, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(76, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -32.56, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 72.14, 116.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0941 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.174 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4211, 65.6780, 17.8565)
Luminance	0.6568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCE251 #7751E2

analogous

#E2BF51 #BCE251 #73E251

triadic

#BCE251 #51BCE2 #E251BC

tetradic

#BCE251 #51E2BF #7751E2 #E25173

square

#BCE251 #51E2BF #7751E2 #E25173

split-complementary

#BCE251 #5173E2 #BF51E2

monochromatic

#7C9E1A #A5D323 #BCE251 #D0EB85 #E4F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#BCE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#BCE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCE251

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCE251	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bce251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.174 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb88',
    500: '#bce251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bce251;
$custom-light: #d3eb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bce251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.724,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85809,
    "c": 0.17421,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCE251

secondary

#5236A1

accent

#12D345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCE251

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

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