#BCE257#BCE257

#BCE257 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.170 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCE257
RGB	rgb(188, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(76, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -32.13, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 69.82, 117.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0924 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.17 123)
XYZ	xyz(49.6561, 65.7720, 19.0942)
Luminance	0.6577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCE257 #7D57E2

analogous

#E2C357 #BCE257 #77E257

triadic

#BCE257 #57BCE2 #E257BC

tetradic

#BCE257 #57E2C3 #7D57E2 #E25777

square

#BCE257 #57E2C3 #7D57E2 #E25777

split-complementary

#BCE257 #5777E2 #C357E2

monochromatic

#7EA31C #A6D725 #BCE257 #D1EB8B #E6F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#BCE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#BCE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCE257

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCE257	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bce257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.170 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3eb8c',
    500: '#bce257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bce257;
$custom-light: #d3eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bce257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.403,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85863,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.65772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCE257

secondary

#5638A5

accent

#13D347

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCE257

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

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