#BCD79C#BCD79C

#BCD79C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.084 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD79C
RGB	rgb(188, 215, 156)
HSL	hsl(87, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(87, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 27.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -19.24, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 32.53, 126.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0518 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.084 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0394, 61.6921, 40.6649)
Luminance	0.6169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD79C #B79CD7

analogous

#D7D59C #BCD79C #9ED79C

triadic

#BCD79C #9CBCD7 #D79CBC

tetradic

#BCD79C #9CD7D5 #B79CD7 #D79C9E

square

#BCD79C #9CD7D5 #B79CD7 #D79C9E

split-complementary

#BCD79C #9C9ED7 #D59CD7

monochromatic

#81B148 #9EC570 #BCD79C #D9E9C8 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BCD79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#BCD79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD79C

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD79C	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 215, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.084 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e3b9',
    500: '#bcd79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd79c;
$custom-light: #d0e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.458,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84444,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD79C

secondary

#8969AE

accent

#30B66D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD79C

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

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