#BCD899#BCD899

#BCD899 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.089 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD899
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(87, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 29.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -20.17, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 34.57, 125.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0545 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.089 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0439, 62.1026, 39.4286)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD899 #B599D8

analogous

#D8D599 #BCD899 #9CD899

triadic

#BCD899 #99BCD8 #D899BC

tetradic

#BCD899 #99D8D5 #B599D8 #D8999C

square

#BCD899 #99D8D5 #B599D8 #D8999C

split-complementary

#BCD899 #999CD8 #D599D8

monochromatic

#81B244 #9FC76D #BCD899 #D9E9C5 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BCD899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#BCD899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD899

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD899	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.089 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b7',
    500: '#bcd899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd899;
$custom-light: #d0e4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84601,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD899

secondary

#8766AF

accent

#2EB86B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD899

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

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