#BCD279#BCD279

#BCD279 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.117 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD279
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 121)
HSL	hsl(75, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(75, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 42.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -21.32, 41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 46.72, 117.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0591 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.117 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2369, 58.1651, 26.8239)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD279 #8F79D2

analogous

#D2BB79 #BCD279 #90D279

triadic

#BCD279 #79BCD2 #D279BC

tetradic

#BCD279 #79D2BB #8F79D2 #D27990

square

#BCD279 #79D2BB #8F79D2 #D27990

split-complementary

#BCD279 #7990D2 #BB79D2

monochromatic

#839C34 #A5C34B #BCD279 #D3E1A7 #EAF1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#BCD279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#BCD279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD279

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD279	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.117 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dfa1',
    500: '#bcd279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd279;
$custom-light: #d1dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.831,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82729,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD279

secondary

#634EA1

accent

#28BD4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD279

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

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