#BCD996#BCD996

#BCD996 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.094 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD996
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(86, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(86, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 30.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -21.09, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 36.61, 125.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0571 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.094 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0562, 62.5187, 38.2257)
Luminance	0.6252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD996 #B396D9

analogous

#D9D596 #BCD996 #9BD996

triadic

#BCD996 #96BCD9 #D996BC

tetradic

#BCD996 #96D9D5 #B396D9 #D9969B

square

#BCD996 #96D9D5 #B396D9 #D9969B

split-complementary

#BCD996 #969BD9 #D596D9

monochromatic

#82B441 #9FC969 #BCD996 #D9E9C3 #F1F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BCD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#BCD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD996

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD996	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.094 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4b5',
    500: '#bcd996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd996;
$custom-light: #d1e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.97,
    "s": 46.853,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84761,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD996

secondary

#8463B0

accent

#2BBA69

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD996

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

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