#BCD8A9#BCD8A9

#BCD8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.070 H 132.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD8A9
RGB	rgb(188, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(96, 38%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(96, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 21.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -17.75, 20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 26.85, 131.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0478 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.07 132.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4551, 62.6671, 46.8608)
Luminance	0.6267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD8A9 #C5A9D8

analogous

#D3D8A9 #BCD8A9 #A9D8AD

triadic

#BCD8A9 #A9BCD8 #D8A9BC

tetradic

#BCD8A9 #A9D3D8 #C5A9D8 #D8ADA9

square

#BCD8A9 #A9D3D8 #C5A9D8 #D8ADA9

split-complementary

#BCD8A9 #ADA9D8 #D8A9D3

monochromatic

#7AB255 #9BC57F #BCD8A9 #DDEBD3 #EFF5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BCD8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#BCD8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD8A9

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD8A9	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.070 132.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4c2',
    500: '#bcd8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd8a9;
$custom-light: #d0e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.745,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84938,
    "c": 0.07021,
    "h": 132.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD8A9

secondary

#9876AF

accent

#35B17F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF9

border

#D4D5D2

text

#141512

muted

#838482

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD8A9

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

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