#BCC596#BCC596

#BCC596 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.064 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC596
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(71, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(71, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -11.03, 22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 25.15, 116.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0288 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.064 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2099, 52.8261, 36.6103)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC596 #9F96C5

analogous

#C5B696 #BCC596 #A4C596

triadic

#BCC596 #96BCC5 #C596BC

tetradic

#BCC596 #96C5B6 #9F96C5 #C596A4

square

#BCC596 #96C5B6 #9F96C5 #C596A4

split-complementary

#BCC596 #96A4C5 #B696C5

monochromatic

#849150 #A3AF6F #BCC596 #D5DBBD #EEF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BCC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BCC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC596

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC596	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.064 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6b5',
    500: '#bcc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc596;
$custom-light: #d0d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.489,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80445,
    "c": 0.06414,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC596

secondary

#706699

accent

#3EA752

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC596

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

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