#BCE856#BCE856

#BCE856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.178 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCE856
RGB	rgb(188, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(78, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(78, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -34.96, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 73.09, 118.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.1003 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.178 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2757, 69.0761, 19.4339)
Luminance	0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCE856 #8256E8

analogous

#E8CB56 #BCE856 #73E856

triadic

#BCE856 #56BCE8 #E856BC

tetradic

#BCE856 #56E8CB #8256E8 #E85673

square

#BCE856 #56E8CB #8256E8 #E85673

split-complementary

#BCE856 #5673E8 #CB56E8

monochromatic

#7FAC17 #A7E120 #BCE856 #D1EF8C #E7F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#BCE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#BCE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCE856

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCE856	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bce856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.178 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ef8c',
    500: '#bce856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bce856;
$custom-light: #d3ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bce856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.082,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87201,
    "c": 0.17786,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCE856

secondary

#5935AD

accent

#0DD84A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCE856

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

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