#BCD599#BCD599

#BCD599 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.085 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD599
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(85, 42%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(85, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 28.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -18.68, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 32.82, 124.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0503 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.085 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2823, 60.5795, 39.1748)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD599 #B299D5

analogous

#D5D099 #BCD599 #9ED599

triadic

#BCD599 #99BCD5 #D599BC

tetradic

#BCD599 #99D5D0 #B299D5 #D5999E

square

#BCD599 #99D5D0 #B299D5 #D5999E

split-complementary

#BCD599 #999ED5 #D099D5

monochromatic

#82AD47 #A0C36E #BCD599 #D8E7C4 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#BCD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD599

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD599	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.085 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b7',
    500: '#bcd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd599;
$custom-light: #d0e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8395,
    "c": 0.08453,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD599

secondary

#8367AB

accent

#31B568

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD599

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

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