#BCDB99#BCDB99

#BCDB99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.094 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDB99
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(88, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(88, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -21.64, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 36.33, 126.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0586 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.094 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8195, 63.6538, 39.6872)
Luminance	0.6365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDB99 #B899DB

analogous

#DBD999 #BCDB99 #9BDB99

triadic

#BCDB99 #99BCDB #DB99BC

tetradic

#BCDB99 #99DBD9 #B899DB #DB999B

square

#BCDB99 #99DBD9 #B899DB #DB999B

split-complementary

#BCDB99 #999BDB #D999DB

monochromatic

#80B841 #9ECB6C #BCDB99 #DAEBC6 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#BCDB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDB99

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDB99	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.094 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e6b7',
    500: '#bcdb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdb99;
$custom-light: #d1e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.182,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85255,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDB99

secondary

#8A66B3

accent

#2ABB6E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDB99

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

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