#BCD99C#BCD99C

#BCD99C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.087 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCD99C
RGB	rgb(188, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(89, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(89, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 28.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -20.23, 26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 33.71, 126.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.0546 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.087 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5517, 62.7169, 40.8357)
Luminance	0.6272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCD99C #B99CD9

analogous

#D9D89C #BCD99C #9DD99C

triadic

#BCD99C #9CBCD9 #D99CBC

tetradic

#BCD99C #9CD9D8 #B99CD9 #D99C9D

square

#BCD99C #9CD9D8 #B99CD9 #D99C9D

split-complementary

#BCD99C #9C9DD9 #D89CD9

monochromatic

#80B546 #9EC870 #BCD99C #DAEAC8 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#BCD99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#BCD99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCD99C

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCD99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCD99C	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)

#DFD198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcd99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.087 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e4b9',
    500: '#bcd99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcd99c;
$custom-light: #d0e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcd99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.525,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84879,
    "c": 0.08716,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCD99C

secondary

#8B69B0

accent

#2EB86F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCD99C

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

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