#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
RGBrgb(188, 233, 89)
HSLhsl(79, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(79, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(19.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.84, -35.19, 63.29)
CIE-LCHlch(86.84, 72.42, 119.08°)
OKLaboklab(87.45% -0.1007 0.1454)
OKLCHoklch(87.45% 0.177 124.7)
XYZxyz(51.6814, 69.6900, 20.1780)
Luminance0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##BCE9591.001.4114.9414.94
#FFFFFF1.411.0021.0021.00
#00000014.9421.001.001.00
##00000014.9421.001.001.00

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

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#BCE959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva