#BCD491#BCD491

#BCD491 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.092 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD491
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 145)
HSL	hsl(81, 44%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(81, 32%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 31.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -19.31, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 36.16, 122.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0522 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.093 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3928, 59.8225, 35.7273)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD491 #A991D4

analogous

#D4CB91 #BCD491 #9AD491

triadic

#BCD491 #91BCD4 #D491BC

tetradic

#BCD491 #91D4CB #A991D4 #D4919A

square

#BCD491 #91D4CB #A991D4 #D4919A

split-complementary

#BCD491 #919AD4 #CB91D4

monochromatic

#84A942 #A1C365 #BCD491 #D7E5BD #F2F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BCD491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#BCD491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD491

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD491	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCC8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CB94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.092 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e1b2',
    500: '#bcd491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd491;
$custom-light: #d1e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.493,
    "s": 43.791,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83577,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD491

secondary

#7A5FAA

accent

#2FB75F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD491

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

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