#BCDE99#BCDE99

#BCDE99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.098 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCDE99
RGB	rgb(188, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(90, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(90, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 0%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -23.11, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 38.09, 127.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0627 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.098 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6092, 65.2332, 39.9504)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCDE99 #BB99DE

analogous

#DEDD99 #BCDE99 #99DE99

triadic

#BCDE99 #99BCDE #DE99BC

tetradic

#BCDE99 #99DEDD #BB99DE #DE9999

square

#BCDE99 #99DEDD #BB99DE #DE9999

split-complementary

#BCDE99 #9999DE #DD99DE

monochromatic

#7FBF3E #9ECF6B #BCDE99 #DAEDC7 #F0F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#BCDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#BCDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCDE99

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCDE99	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcde99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.098 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e8b7',
    500: '#bcde99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcde99;
$custom-light: #d1e8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcde99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8591,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCDE99

secondary

#8D65B6

accent

#27BE72

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141611

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCDE99

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

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