#BCDA97#BCDA97

#BCDA97 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.095 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDA97
RGB	rgb(188, 218, 151)
HSL	hsl(87, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 30.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -21.44, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 36.71, 125.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.058 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.095 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3956, 63.0681, 38.7378)
Luminance	0.6307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDA97 #B597DA

analogous

#DAD797 #BCDA97 #9ADA97

triadic

#BCDA97 #97BCDA #DA97BC

tetradic

#BCDA97 #97DAD7 #B597DA #DA979A

square

#BCDA97 #97DAD7 #B597DA #DA979A

split-complementary

#BCDA97 #979ADA #D797DA

monochromatic

#81B641 #9FCA6A #BCDA97 #D9EAC4 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#BCDA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#BCDA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDA97

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDA97	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcda97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 218, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.095 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e5b6',
    500: '#bcda97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcda97;
$custom-light: #d1e5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcda97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.866,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84998,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDA97

secondary

#8764B1

accent

#2BBB6B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDA97

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

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