#BCDA79#BCDA79

#BCDA79 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.128 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDA79
RGB	rgb(188, 218, 121)
HSL	hsl(79, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(79, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 44.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -25.21, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 50.99, 119.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0701 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.128 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2616, 62.2145, 27.4988)
Luminance	0.6221 (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

#BCDA79 #9779DA

analogous

#DAC879 #BCDA79 #8CDA79

triadic

#BCDA79 #79BCDA #DA79BC

tetradic

#BCDA79 #79DAC8 #9779DA #DA798C

square

#BCDA79 #79DAC8 #9779DA #DA798C

split-complementary

#BCDA79 #798CDA #C879DA

monochromatic

#84AA2F #A4CD49 #BCDA79 #D4E7A9 #ECF4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#BCDA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#BCDA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDA79

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDA79	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcda79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 218, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.128 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e5a1',
    500: '#bcda79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcda79;
$custom-light: #d1e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcda79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.557,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8449,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDA79

secondary

#694BAD

accent

#21C454

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDA79

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

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