#BCDB9D#BCDB9D

#BCDB9D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.089 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDB9D
RGB	rgb(188, 219, 157)
HSL	hsl(90, 46%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(90, 28%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 28.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -21.07, 27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 34.41, 127.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0569 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.089 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1554, 63.7882, 41.4563)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDB9D #BC9DDB

analogous

#DBDB9D #BCDB9D #9DDB9D

triadic

#BCDB9D #9DBCDB #DB9DBC

tetradic

#BCDB9D #9DDBDB #BC9DDB #DB9D9D

square

#BCDB9D #9DDBDB #BC9DDB #DB9D9D

split-complementary

#BCDB9D #9D9DDB #DB9DDB

monochromatic

#7FB944 #9DCB70 #BCDB9D #DBEBCA #F0F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#BCDB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#BCDB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDB9D

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDB9D	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcdb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 219, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.089 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e6ba',
    500: '#bcdb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcdb9d;
$custom-light: #d0e6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcdb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 46.269,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85334,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDB9D

secondary

#8E6AB3

accent

#2CB973

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDB9D

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

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