#BCD896#BCD896

#BCD896 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.093 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD896
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 150)
HSL	hsl(85, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(85, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 30.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -20.60, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 36.03, 124.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0557 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.093 127)
XYZ	xyz(50.7992, 62.0047, 38.1401)
Luminance	0.6200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD896 #B296D8

analogous

#D8D396 #BCD896 #9BD896

triadic

#BCD896 #96BCD8 #D896BC

tetradic

#BCD896 #96D8D3 #B296D8 #D8969B

square

#BCD896 #96D8D3 #B296D8 #D8969B

split-complementary

#BCD896 #969BD8 #D396D8

monochromatic

#82B242 #A0C769 #BCD896 #D8E9C3 #F1F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BCD896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#BCD896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD896

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD896	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.093 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4b5',
    500: '#bcd896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd896;
$custom-light: #d1e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.455,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84543,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.62005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD896

secondary

#8363AF

accent

#2CB968

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD896

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

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