#BCD299#BCD299

#BCD299 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.080 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD299
RGB	rgb(188, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(83, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(83, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 27.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -17.19, 25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 31.07, 123.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0461 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.08 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5347, 59.0842, 38.9256)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD299 #AF99D2

analogous

#D2CB99 #BCD299 #9FD299

triadic

#BCD299 #99BCD2 #D299BC

tetradic

#BCD299 #99D2CB #AF99D2 #D2999F

square

#BCD299 #99D2CB #AF99D2 #D2999F

split-complementary

#BCD299 #999FD2 #CB99D2

monochromatic

#83A74A #A0BF6F #BCD299 #D8E5C3 #F1F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BCD299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#BCD299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD299

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD299	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.080 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dfb7',
    500: '#bcd299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd299;
$custom-light: #d0dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.158,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.833,
    "c": 0.07992,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD299

secondary

#8067A8

accent

#34B264

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD299

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

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