#BCD397#BCD397

#BCD397 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.084 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD397
RGB	rgb(188, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(83, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(83, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 28.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -17.98, 27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 32.64, 123.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0483 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.084 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6186, 59.5140, 38.1455)
Luminance	0.5951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD397 #AE97D3

analogous

#D3CC97 #BCD397 #9ED397

triadic

#BCD397 #97BCD3 #D397BC

tetradic

#BCD397 #97D3CC #AE97D3 #D3979E

square

#BCD397 #97D3CC #AE97D3 #D3979E

split-complementary

#BCD397 #979ED3 #CC97D3

monochromatic

#83A847 #A0C16C #BCD397 #D8E5C2 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BCD397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#BCD397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD397

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD397	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.084 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e0b6',
    500: '#bcd397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd397;
$custom-light: #d0e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83476,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD397

secondary

#7F65A9

accent

#32B464

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD397

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

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