#BCE959#BCE959

#BCE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.177 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCE959
RGB	rgb(188, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -35.19, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 72.42, 119.08°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.1007 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.177 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6814, 69.6900, 20.1780)
Luminance	0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCE959 #8659E9

analogous

#E9CE59 #BCE959 #74E959

triadic

#BCE959 #59BCE9 #E959BC

tetradic

#BCE959 #59E9CE #8659E9 #E95974

square

#BCE959 #59E9CE #8659E9 #E95974

split-complementary

#BCE959 #5974E9 #CE59E9

monochromatic

#80B017 #A6E223 #BCE959 #D2F08F #E8F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#BCE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#BCE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCE959

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCE959	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bce959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.177 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3f08e',
    500: '#bce959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bce959;
$custom-light: #d3f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bce959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87454,
    "c": 0.17682,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCE959

secondary

#5C35B1

accent

#0DD94C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCE959

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

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