#BCDB9C#BCDB9C

#BCDB9C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.090 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDB9C
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 156)
HSL	hsl(90, 47%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(90, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 28.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -21.21, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 34.89, 127.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.0573 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.09 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0704, 63.7542, 41.0086)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDB9C #BB9CDB

analogous

#DBDA9C #BCDB9C #9CDB9C

triadic

#BCDB9C #9CBCDB #DB9CBC

tetradic

#BCDB9C #9CDBDA #BB9CDB #DB9C9C

square

#BCDB9C #9CDBDA #BB9CDB #DB9C9C

split-complementary

#BCDB9C #9C9CDB #DA9CDB

monochromatic

#7FB943 #9ECB6F #BCDB9C #DAEBC9 #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#BCDB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDB9C

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDB9C	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.090 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6b9',
    500: '#bcdb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdb9c;
$custom-light: #d0e6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.524,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85314,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDB9C

secondary

#8D69B3

accent

#2CBA72

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDB9C

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

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