#BCDB9B#BCDB9B

#BCDB9B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.091 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDB9B
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 155)
HSL	hsl(89, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(89, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 29.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -21.36, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 35.37, 127.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% -0.0578 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.091 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9860, 63.7204, 40.5644)
Luminance	0.6372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDB9B #BA9BDB

analogous

#DBDA9B #BCDB9B #9CDB9B

triadic

#BCDB9B #9BBCDB #DB9BBC

tetradic

#BCDB9B #9BDBDA #BA9BDB #DB9B9C

square

#BCDB9B #9BDBDA #BA9BDB #DB9B9C

split-complementary

#BCDB9B #9B9CDB #DA9BDB

monochromatic

#80B943 #9ECB6E #BCDB9B #DAEBC8 #F0F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#BCDB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDB9B

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDB9B	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.091 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e6b9',
    500: '#bcdb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdb9b;
$custom-light: #d1e6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.062,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85294,
    "c": 0.09143,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDB9B

secondary

#8C68B3

accent

#2BBA71

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDB9B

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

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