#BCDB96#BCDB96

#BCDB96 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.097 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDB96
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 150)
HSL	hsl(87, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 31.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -22.07, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 37.77, 125.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0598 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.097 128)
XYZ	xyz(51.5748, 63.5559, 38.3986)
Luminance	0.6356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDB96 #B596DB

analogous

#DBD896 #BCDB96 #99DB96

triadic

#BCDB96 #96BCDB #DB96BC

tetradic

#BCDB96 #96DBD8 #B596DB #DB9699

square

#BCDB96 #96DBD8 #B596DB #DB9699

split-complementary

#BCDB96 #9699DB #D896DB

monochromatic

#81B83F #9FCB68 #BCDB96 #D9EBC4 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#BCDB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDB96

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDB96	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.097 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e6b5',
    500: '#bcdb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdb96;
$custom-light: #d1e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.957,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85197,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.63556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDB96

secondary

#8763B2

accent

#29BC6B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDB96

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

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