#BCD997#BCD997

#BCD997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.093 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD997
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(86, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(86, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -20.95, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 36.13, 125.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0567 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.093 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1370, 62.5510, 38.6516)
Luminance	0.6255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD997 #B497D9

analogous

#D9D597 #BCD997 #9BD997

triadic

#BCD997 #97BCD9 #D997BC

tetradic

#BCD997 #97D9D5 #B497D9 #D9979B

square

#BCD997 #97D9D5 #B497D9 #D9979B

split-complementary

#BCD997 #979BD9 #D597D9

monochromatic

#82B442 #9FC96A #BCD997 #D9E9C4 #F1F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BCD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#BCD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD997

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD997	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.093 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e4b6',
    500: '#bcd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd997;
$custom-light: #d1e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.364,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8478,
    "c": 0.09302,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD997

secondary

#8564B0

accent

#2CBA6A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD997

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

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