#BCC396#BCC396

#BCC396 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.061 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC396
RGB	rgb(188, 195, 150)
HSL	hsl(69, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(69, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 23.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -10.00, 21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 24.05, 114.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0259 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.061 115)
XYZ	xyz(45.7588, 51.9239, 36.4599)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC396 #9D96C3

analogous

#C3B396 #BCC396 #A6C396

triadic

#BCC396 #96BCC3 #C396BC

tetradic

#BCC396 #96C3B3 #9D96C3 #C396A6

square

#BCC396 #96C3B3 #9D96C3 #C396A6

split-complementary

#BCC396 #96A6C3 #B396C3

monochromatic

#848E51 #A3AD6F #BCC396 #D5D9BD #EEF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCC396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BCC396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC396

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC396	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 195, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.061 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5b5',
    500: '#bcc396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc396;
$custom-light: #d0d5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80018,
    "c": 0.06125,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.51924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC396

secondary

#6E6697

accent

#40A650

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC396

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

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