#BCD497#BCD497

#BCD497 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.085 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD497
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 151)
HSL	hsl(84, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(84, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 28.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -18.47, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 33.22, 123.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0497 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.085 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8678, 60.0124, 38.2285)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD497 #AF97D4

analogous

#D4CD97 #BCD497 #9DD497

triadic

#BCD497 #97BCD4 #D497BC

tetradic

#BCD497 #97D4CD #AF97D4 #D4979D

square

#BCD497 #97D4CD #AF97D4 #D4979D

split-complementary

#BCD497 #979DD4 #CD97D4

monochromatic

#83AA46 #A0C26C #BCD497 #D8E6C2 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BCD497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#BCD497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD497

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD497	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.085 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1b6',
    500: '#bcd497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd497;
$custom-light: #d0e1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.607,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83693,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD497

secondary

#8065AA

accent

#31B565

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD497

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

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