#BCDB97#BCDB97

#BCDB97 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.096 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDB97
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 151)
HSL	hsl(87, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(87, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 31.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -21.93, 30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 37.29, 126.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.0594 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.096 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6557, 63.5883, 38.8245)
Luminance	0.6359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDB97 #B697DB

analogous

#DBD897 #BCDB97 #9ADB97

triadic

#BCDB97 #97BCDB #DB97BC

tetradic

#BCDB97 #97DBD8 #B697DB #DB979A

square

#BCDB97 #97DBD8 #B697DB #DB979A

split-complementary

#BCDB97 #979ADB #D897DB

monochromatic

#81B840 #9FCB6A #BCDB97 #D9EBC4 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#BCDB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDB97

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDB97	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.096 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e6b6',
    500: '#bcdb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdb97;
$custom-light: #d1e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.353,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85216,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDB97

secondary

#8864B3

accent

#2ABC6C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDB97

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

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