#BCD179#BCD179

#BCD179 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.116 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD179
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(74, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 42.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -20.83, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 46.19, 116.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0577 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.116 120)
XYZ	xyz(46.9908, 57.6729, 26.7419)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD179 #8E79D1

analogous

#D1BA79 #BCD179 #90D179

triadic

#BCD179 #79BCD1 #D179BC

tetradic

#BCD179 #79D1BA #8E79D1 #D17990

square

#BCD179 #79D1BA #8E79D1 #D17990

split-complementary

#BCD179 #7990D1 #BA79D1

monochromatic

#829B35 #A5C14B #BCD179 #D3E1A7 #EAF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BCD179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#BCD179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD179

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD179	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.116 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dfa1',
    500: '#bcd179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd179;
$custom-light: #d1dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.318,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8251,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.57673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD179

secondary

#624EA0

accent

#29BC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD179

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

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