#BCD59C#BCD59C

#BCD59C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.081 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD59C
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 156)
HSL	hsl(86, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(86, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 26.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -18.25, 25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 31.35, 125.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0491 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.081 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5332, 60.6798, 40.4962)
Luminance	0.6068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD59C #B59CD5

analogous

#D5D29C #BCD59C #9FD59C

triadic

#BCD59C #9CBCD5 #D59CBC

tetradic

#BCD59C #9CD5D2 #B59CD5 #D59C9F

square

#BCD59C #9CD5D2 #B59CD5 #D59C9F

split-complementary

#BCD59C #9C9FD5 #D29CD5

monochromatic

#81AD49 #9FC371 #BCD59C #D9E7C7 #F0F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#BCD59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD59C

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD59C	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.081 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b9',
    500: '#bcd59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd59c;
$custom-light: #d0e2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.316,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84011,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD59C

secondary

#876AAC

accent

#32B36B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD59C

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

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