#BCDE8B#BCDE8B

#BCDE8B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.114 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDE8B
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 139)
HSL	hsl(85, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(85, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -24.99, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 44.73, 123.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0684 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.114 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5200, 64.7975, 34.2140)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDE8B #AD8BDE

analogous

#DED68B #BCDE8B #92DE8B

triadic

#BCDE8B #8BBCDE #DE8BBC

tetradic

#BCDE8B #8BDED6 #AD8BDE #DE8B92

square

#BCDE8B #8BDED6 #AD8BDE #DE8B92

split-complementary

#BCDE8B #8B92DE #D68BDE

monochromatic

#83BA35 #A0D05B #BCDE8B #D8ECBB #F1F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BCDE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#BCDE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDE8B

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDE8B	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcde8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.114 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e8ae',
    500: '#bcde8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcde8b;
$custom-light: #d1e8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcde8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.578,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85657,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDE8B

secondary

#7E58B6

accent

#22C364

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141610

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDE8B

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

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