#BCD99B#BCD99B

#BCD99B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.088 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD99B
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 155)
HSL	hsl(88, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(88, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 28.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -20.37, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 34.19, 126.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.055 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.088 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4674, 62.6832, 40.3916)
Luminance	0.6268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD99B #B89BD9

analogous

#D9D79B #BCD99B #9DD99B

triadic

#BCD99B #9BBCD9 #D99BBC

tetradic

#BCD99B #9BD9D7 #B89BD9 #D99B9D

square

#BCD99B #9BD9D7 #B89BD9 #D99B9D

split-complementary

#BCD99B #9B9DD9 #D79BD9

monochromatic

#80B545 #9EC86F #BCD99B #DAEAC7 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BCD99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#BCD99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD99B

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD99B	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.088 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b9',
    500: '#bcd99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd99b;
$custom-light: #d0e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.065,
    "s": 44.928,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84859,
    "c": 0.08834,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD99B

secondary

#8A68B0

accent

#2DB86E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD99B

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

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