#BCD596#BCD596

#BCD596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.088 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD596
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(84, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(84, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -19.11, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 34.29, 123.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0515 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.088 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0376, 60.4816, 37.8862)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD596 #AF96D5

analogous

#D5CE96 #BCD596 #9CD596

triadic

#BCD596 #96BCD5 #D596BC

tetradic

#BCD596 #96D5CE #AF96D5 #D5969C

square

#BCD596 #96D5CE #AF96D5 #D5969C

split-complementary

#BCD596 #969CD5 #CE96D5

monochromatic

#83AC45 #A0C46A #BCD596 #D8E6C2 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#BCD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD596

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD596	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.088 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b5',
    500: '#bcd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd596;
$custom-light: #d0e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.81,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8389,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD596

secondary

#8064AB

accent

#30B665

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD596

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

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