#BCE459#BCE459

#BCE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.171 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCE459
RGB	rgb(188, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(77, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -32.90, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 69.99, 118.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0943 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.171 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2860, 66.8991, 19.7129)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCE459 #8159E4

analogous

#E4C659 #BCE459 #77E459

triadic

#BCE459 #59BCE4 #E459BC

tetradic

#BCE459 #59E4C6 #8159E4 #E45977

square

#BCE459 #59E4C6 #8159E4 #E45977

split-complementary

#BCE459 #5977E4 #C659E4

monochromatic

#7FA71B #A7DB24 #BCE459 #D1ED8E #E6F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#BCE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#BCE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCE459

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCE459	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bce459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.171 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ec8d',
    500: '#bce459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bce459;
$custom-light: #d3ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bce459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.266,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86331,
    "c": 0.17059,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCE459

secondary

#5938A9

accent

#11D449

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCE459

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

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