#BCC397#BCC397

#BCC397 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.060 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC397
RGB	rgb(188, 195, 151)
HSL	hsl(70, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(70, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 22.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -9.85, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 23.53, 114.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0254 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.06 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8397, 51.9562, 36.8858)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC397 #9E97C3

analogous

#C3B497 #BCC397 #A6C397

triadic

#BCC397 #97BCC3 #C397BC

tetradic

#BCC397 #97C3B4 #9E97C3 #C397A6

square

#BCC397 #97C3B4 #9E97C3 #C397A6

split-complementary

#BCC397 #97A6C3 #B497C3

monochromatic

#848E52 #A3AD70 #BCC397 #D5D9BE #EEF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BCC397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BCC397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC397

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC397	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 195, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.060 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5b5',
    500: '#bcc397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc397;
$custom-light: #d0d5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8004,
    "c": 0.05997,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC397

secondary

#6F6797

accent

#40A550

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC397

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

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