#BCD199#BCD199

#BCD199 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.078 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD199
RGB	rgb(188, 209, 153)
HSL	hsl(83, 38%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(83, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 26.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -16.69, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 30.48, 123.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0447 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.078 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2886, 58.5920, 38.8436)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD199 #AE99D1

analogous

#D1CA99 #BCD199 #A0D199

triadic

#BCD199 #99BCD1 #D199BC

tetradic

#BCD199 #99D1CA #AE99D1 #D199A0

square

#BCD199 #99D1CA #AE99D1 #D199A0

split-complementary

#BCD199 #99A0D1 #CA99D1

monochromatic

#83A54A #A0BE6F #BCD199 #D8E4C3 #F1F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#BCD199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#BCD199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD199

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD199	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 209, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.078 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dfb7',
    500: '#bcd199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd199;
$custom-light: #d0dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 37.838,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83084,
    "c": 0.07839,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD199

secondary

#7F67A7

accent

#35B163

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD199

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

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