#BCD799#BCD799

#BCD799 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.088 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD799
RGB	rgb(188, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(86, 44%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(86, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 28.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -19.68, 27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 33.99, 125.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0531 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.088 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7885, 61.5918, 39.3435)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD799 #B499D7

analogous

#D7D399 #BCD799 #9DD799

triadic

#BCD799 #99BCD7 #D799BC

tetradic

#BCD799 #99D7D3 #B499D7 #D7999D

square

#BCD799 #99D7D3 #B499D7 #D7999D

split-complementary

#BCD799 #999DD7 #D399D7

monochromatic

#82B045 #9FC66D #BCD799 #D9E8C5 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BCD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#BCD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD799

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD799	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.088 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e3b7',
    500: '#bcd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd799;
$custom-light: #d0e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.129,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84384,
    "c": 0.0876,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD799

secondary

#8566AE

accent

#2FB76A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD799

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

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