#BCD499#BCD499

#BCD499 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.083 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD499
RGB	rgb(188, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(84, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(84, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 27.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -18.19, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 32.23, 124.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0489 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.083 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0316, 60.0780, 39.0912)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD499 #B199D4

analogous

#D4CF99 #BCD499 #9FD499

triadic

#BCD499 #99BCD4 #D499BC

tetradic

#BCD499 #99D4CF #B199D4 #D4999F

square

#BCD499 #99D4CF #B199D4 #D4999F

split-complementary

#BCD499 #999FD4 #CF99D4

monochromatic

#83AB48 #A0C26E #BCD499 #D8E6C4 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BCD499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#BCD499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD499

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD499	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.083 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1b7',
    500: '#bcd499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd499;
$custom-light: #d0e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.407,
    "s": 40.69,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83733,
    "c": 0.08299,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD499

secondary

#8267AA

accent

#32B467

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD499

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

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