#BCD59E#BCD59E

#BCD59E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.079 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD59E
RGB	rgb(188, 213, 158)
HSL	hsl(87, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(87, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 25.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -17.95, 24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 30.37, 126.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% -0.0482 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.079 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7040, 60.7481, 41.3954)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD59E #B79ED5

analogous

#D5D29E #BCD59E #A0D59E

triadic

#BCD59E #9EBCD5 #D59EBC

tetradic

#BCD59E #9ED5D2 #B79ED5 #D59EA0

square

#BCD59E #9ED5D2 #B79ED5 #D59EA0

split-complementary

#BCD59E #9EA0D5 #D29ED5

monochromatic

#81AD4B #9FC373 #BCD59E #D9E7C9 #F0F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BCD59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#BCD59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD59E

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD59E	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CCA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 213, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.079 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2bb',
    500: '#bcd59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd59e;
$custom-light: #d0e2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.273,
    "s": 39.568,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84052,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD59E

secondary

#896CAC

accent

#33B36D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD59E

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

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