#BCD79E#BCD79E

#BCD79E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.082 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD79E
RGB	rgb(188, 215, 158)
HSL	hsl(88, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(88, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 26.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -18.94, 25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 31.56, 126.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.051 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.082 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2101, 61.7604, 41.5641)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD79E #B99ED7

analogous

#D7D59E #BCD79E #9FD79E

triadic

#BCD79E #9EBCD7 #D79EBC

tetradic

#BCD79E #9ED7D5 #B99ED7 #D79E9F

square

#BCD79E #9ED7D5 #B99ED7 #D79E9F

split-complementary

#BCD79E #9E9FD7 #D59ED7

monochromatic

#80B149 #9EC573 #BCD79E #DAE9C9 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BCD79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#BCD79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD79E

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD79E	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CEA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 215, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.082 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e3bb',
    500: '#bcd79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd79e;
$custom-light: #d0e3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.421,
    "s": 41.606,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84486,
    "c": 0.08168,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD79E

secondary

#8B6BAE

accent

#31B56F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD79E

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

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