#BCED56#BCED56

#BCED56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.184 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCED56
RGB	rgb(188, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(79, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -37.22, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 75.50, 119.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.1066 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.184 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7032, 71.9310, 19.9098)
Luminance	0.7193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCED56 #8756ED

analogous

#EDD256 #BCED56 #70ED56

triadic

#BCED56 #56BCED #ED56BC

tetradic

#BCED56 #56EDD2 #8756ED #ED5670

square

#BCED56 #56EDD2 #8756ED #ED5670

split-complementary

#BCED56 #5670ED #D256ED

monochromatic

#81B513 #A6E71F #BCED56 #D2F38D #E8F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#BCED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#BCED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCED56

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCED56	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4E2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bced56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.184 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3f38c',
    500: '#bced56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bced56;
$custom-light: #d3f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bced56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.47,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88328,
    "c": 0.18402,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCED56

secondary

#5D32B5

accent

#08DD4D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FBFEF4

border

#D4D6CE

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCED56

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

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