#BCC5AE#BCC5AE

#BCC5AE is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.033 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCC5AE
RGB	rgb(188, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(83, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(83, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -7.23, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 12.74, 124.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0188 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.033 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3441, 53.6798, 47.8505)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCC5AE #B7AEC5

analogous

#C5C2AE #BCC5AE #B0C5AE

triadic

#BCC5AE #AEBCC5 #C5AEBC

tetradic

#BCC5AE #AEC5C2 #B7AEC5 #C5AEB0

square

#BCC5AE #AEC5C2 #B7AEC5 #C5AEB0

split-complementary

#BCC5AE #AEB0C5 #C2AEC5

monochromatic

#819168 #9FAB8A #BCC5AE #D9DFD2 #F0F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BCC5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BCC5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCC5AE

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCC5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCC5AE	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcc5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.033 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6c6',
    500: '#bcc5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcc5ae;
$custom-light: #d0d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcc5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.478,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81008,
    "c": 0.03309,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCC5AE

secondary

#897E99

accent

#4B9B6A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF9

border

#D4D4D2

text

#141413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCC5AE

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

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