#BCD197#BCD197

#BCD197 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.081 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD197
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 151)
HSL	hsl(82, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(82, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 27.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -16.98, 26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 31.48, 122.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0455 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.081 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1248, 58.5265, 37.9809)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD197 #AC97D1

analogous

#D1C997 #BCD197 #9FD197

triadic

#BCD197 #97BCD1 #D197BC

tetradic

#BCD197 #97D1C9 #AC97D1 #D1979F

square

#BCD197 #97D1C9 #AC97D1 #D1979F

split-complementary

#BCD197 #979FD1 #C997D1

monochromatic

#83A549 #A1BE6D #BCD197 #D7E4C1 #F1F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BCD197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#BCD197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD197

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD197	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.081 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dfb6',
    500: '#bcd197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd197;
$custom-light: #d0dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.724,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83043,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD197

secondary

#7D65A7

accent

#34B261

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD197

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

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