#BCD196#BCD196

#BCD196 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.082 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD196
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(81, 39%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(81, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 28.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -17.12, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 31.97, 122.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.046 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.082 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0439, 58.4942, 37.5550)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD196 #AB96D1

analogous

#D1C896 #BCD196 #9ED196

triadic

#BCD196 #96BCD1 #D196BC

tetradic

#BCD196 #96D1C8 #AB96D1 #D1969E

square

#BCD196 #96D1C8 #AB96D1 #D1969E

split-complementary

#BCD196 #969ED1 #C896D1

monochromatic

#84A548 #A1BE6B #BCD196 #D7E4C1 #F1F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BCD196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#BCD196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD196

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD196	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.082 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dfb5',
    500: '#bcd196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd196;
$custom-light: #d0dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.356,
    "s": 39.073,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83023,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD196

secondary

#7C64A7

accent

#33B261

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD196

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

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