#BCD597#BCD597

#BCD597 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.087 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD597
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 151)
HSL	hsl(84, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(84, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 29.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -18.97, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 33.80, 124.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0511 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.087 126)
XYZ	xyz(50.1185, 60.5139, 38.3121)
Luminance	0.6051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD597 #B097D5

analogous

#D5CF97 #BCD597 #9DD597

triadic

#BCD597 #97BCD5 #D597BC

tetradic

#BCD597 #97D5CF #B097D5 #D5979D

square

#BCD597 #97D5CF #B097D5 #D5979D

split-complementary

#BCD597 #979DD5 #CF97D5

monochromatic

#83AC46 #A0C36B #BCD597 #D8E7C3 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#BCD597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD597

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD597	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)

#DCCD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.087 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b6',
    500: '#bcd597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd597;
$custom-light: #d0e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.194,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8391,
    "c": 0.08692,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.60514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD597

secondary

#8165AB

accent

#30B666

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD597

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

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