#BCC59E#BCC59E

#BCC59E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.054 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC59E
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(74, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(74, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 19.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -9.83, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 21.01, 117.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0254 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.054 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8762, 53.0926, 40.1195)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC59E #A79EC5

analogous

#C5BB9E #BCC59E #A9C59E

triadic

#BCC59E #9EBCC5 #C59EBC

tetradic

#BCC59E #9EC5BB #A79EC5 #C59EA9

square

#BCC59E #9EC5BB #A79EC5 #C59EA9

split-complementary

#BCC59E #9EA9C5 #BB9EC5

monochromatic

#849257 #A2AE78 #BCC59E #D6DCC4 #F1F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BCC59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BCC59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC59E

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC59E	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.054 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6ba',
    500: '#bcc59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc59e;
$custom-light: #d0d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80621,
    "c": 0.05387,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC59E

secondary

#786E99

accent

#42A458

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC59E

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

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