#BCD981#BCD981

#BCD981 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.118 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD981
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(80, 54%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(80, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 40.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -23.81, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 46.69, 120.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0656 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.118 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5141, 61.9019, 30.1043)
Luminance	0.6190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD981 #9E81D9

analogous

#D9CA81 #BCD981 #90D981

triadic

#BCD981 #81BCD9 #D981BC

tetradic

#BCD981 #81D9CA #9E81D9 #D98190

square

#BCD981 #81D9CA #9E81D9 #D98190

split-complementary

#BCD981 #8190D9 #CA81D9

monochromatic

#84AC34 #A3CB52 #BCD981 #D5E7B0 #EEF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#BCD981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#BCD981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD981

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD981	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.118 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4a7',
    500: '#bcd981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd981;
$custom-light: #d1e4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.773,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84392,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD981

secondary

#6F4FAF

accent

#24C158

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF6

border

#D4D5D0

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD981

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

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