#BCD79B#BCD79B

#BCD79B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.085 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD79B
RGB	rgb(188, 215, 155)
HSL	hsl(87, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(87, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 27.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -19.39, 26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 33.01, 125.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0522 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.085 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9550, 61.6584, 40.2208)
Luminance	0.6166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD79B #B69BD7

analogous

#D7D49B #BCD79B #9ED79B

triadic

#BCD79B #9BBCD7 #D79BBC

tetradic

#BCD79B #9BD7D4 #B69BD7 #D79B9E

square

#BCD79B #9BD7D4 #B69BD7 #D79B9E

split-complementary

#BCD79B #9B9ED7 #D49BD7

monochromatic

#81B147 #9FC66F #BCD79B #D9E8C7 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BCD79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#BCD79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD79B

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD79B	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 215, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.085 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e3b9',
    500: '#bcd79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd79b;
$custom-light: #d0e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84424,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD79B

secondary

#8868AE

accent

#30B66C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD79B

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

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